On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman <btillma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The > drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have > a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, when > this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a > non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have > not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB > drive boot option to get on with this rescue. > > Weirdness.. ok, i was wondering - you said you installed an old drive to check it out, and I was thinking hmm 80gb, maybe setting on the shelf for a decade :) I do recall having a similar issue with a drive, but it was years and years ago- my memory hazed, and not necessarily (probably not) related to FreeBSD install. If you aren't getting POST then it sounds hardware related to me. Good Luck, Waitman _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
