Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210?

2006-05-26 Thread Jason Curole
Hello all, I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently use Mac OS X and am reasonably comfortable with the unix side. I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210 machine (scrounged it up recently and it has a huge hard drive, otherwise I don't know much about it). I have tri

Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210?

2006-05-26 Thread Derek Ragona
If you have nothing of value on the hard drive, I would suggest low-level formatting the drive, then verify the boot order is CD first. -Derek At 04:22 PM 5/26/2006, Jason Curole wrote: Hello all, I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently use Mac OS X and am reasonably comfortable

Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210?

2006-05-26 Thread Gerard Seibert
Derek Ragona wrote: > If you have nothing of value on the hard drive, I would suggest low-level > formatting the drive, then verify the boot order is CD first. > > -Derek > > > At 04:22 PM 5/26/2006, Jason Curole wrote: > >Hello all, > > > >I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently

Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210?

2006-05-26 Thread Derek Ragona
You can low level format any hard drive. Just go to the manufacturer's website and download the utility. -Derek At 05:30 PM 5/26/2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: Derek Ragona wrote: > If you have nothing of value on the hard drive, I would suggest low-level > formatting the drive, then v

Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210?

2006-05-27 Thread Jorn Argelo
Jason Curole wrote: Hello all, I am a newbie to FreeBSD, though I currently use Mac OS X and am reasonably comfortable with the unix side. I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell Precision 210 machine (scrounged it up recently and it has a huge hard drive, otherwise I don't know much about