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#! rnews 1783 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!usenet From: "The Rawlings" <rawlink@jlsc.wpafb.af.mil> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't install on 386 SX 16mhz Date: 21 Sep 1996 23:34:59 GMT Organization: Rawlings & Co. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <01bba814$ee70c200$e916abc7@pcrawlings.jlsc.wpafb.af.mil> References: <324360F5.CA09605@sympatico.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.171.22.233 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 when you start booting and you get the "boot:" prompt, type in a "-c". When you get to the next prompt, type in visual and you will be taken into a utility for setting up your kernel specific to your hardware. go to the device for wdc0 and change it's settings to match those you pulled up in msd. Hope this helps. Stephane Lajeunesse <slajeunesse@sympatico.ca> wrote in article <324360F5.CA09605@sympatico.ca>... > Hi folks. > > Yeah I know, not the best system but... Anyways, I'm trying to install > version 2.1 of FreeBSD. I only have four megs of ram (I read somewhere > that I can install FreeBSD with four megs!!). > > Anyways, when FreeBSD boots up, it DOESN'T detect my hard drive. > > I have an old Packard Bell Legend 386 SX 16-mhz with an equally old WD > 40 meg HD. > > When it gets to WDC0 and WDC1 (controller one and two), it says NOT > FOUND. > > The output from MSD (Microsoft diagnostics) shows IDE controller at IRQ > 14 and somwthing like 0DC8:0177. Now FreeBSD seems like it's not > looking at the right port?!?!? > > Any Ideas (I'm basically new to FreeBSD). > > Now, I can install Linux and Minix (and did) on the machine but I want > to try FreeBSD. Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Stephane Lajeunesse. >