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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!raymond From: raymond@cs.UAlberta.CA (Au Raymond Tung) Subject: Re: Hard disk booting problem Message-ID: <raymond.737835108@cab103> Sender: news@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: cab103.cs.ualberta.ca Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada References: <1993May10.090308.17322@goya.uu.es> Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 18:11:48 GMT Lines: 57 cantera@dit.upm.es (Antonio Ruiz Cantera) writes: > > I am installing 386BSD on my 486/33, and I have a problem with the hard disks. > - First, when booting with diskette, it doesn't detect the second hard disk. > It says, something like this: > wd0 CONNER 3204/F (200M) 0x1F irq14 on ISA > but nothing about the Maxtor disk, I supposse wd1. > - Second, after making the Unix partition with fdisk, type 165, on Conner > disk, and running the 'install' program of boot diskette; it doesn't > boot the hard disk when the active partition is the Unix one, however, > it's possible to boot with the diskette and mount the hard disk. > > My configuration is: > - 486/33 > - 8 Mb RAM > - 2 hard disk: > master: Conner 3204/F 200M ( 195 M Unix and 5M DOS ) > slave: Maxtor 240M ( whole disk for DOS ) > - 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 diskettes > - 2 serial ports > - 1 printer port > - Soundblaster 2.0 > I am new in 386BSD, so sorry if this question is a FAQ one, > Thanks in advance > Antonio Ruiz >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Antonio Ruiz Cantera e-mail: cantera@dit.upm.es >Dpto. Ing. Telematica >E.T.S.I. Telecomunicacion tel: +34 1 549 57 62 x. 445 >Ciudad Universitaria +34 1 549 57 00 x. 445 >E-28040 Madrid, SPAIN fax: +34 1 543 20 77 I have exactly the same problem except I have two Maxtor hard drives. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Raymond Au.