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  1. April 21st, 2003, 01:58 AM #1
    SMiL3Y
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    Unhappy problem installing freebsd

    hi everyone,
    I don't understand why I keep getting the message "No Disks Found! Please verify that your disk controller is being probed at boot time. See the hardware guide on the documentation menu for clues on diagnosing this type of problem." I had installed Freebsd before on the same motherboard but different a harddrive and never got this problem. I can install it on my 20 gigs harddrive with no problem at all but i keep getting "no disk found" on my 40 gigs hdd.
    If you have any suggestion or any ideas..please feel free to respond. For the mean time I will try to solve and keep searching google for answer. thanks
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  2. April 21st, 2003, 02:16 AM #2
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    what version of FreeBSD is it ?
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  3. April 21st, 2003, 02:26 AM #3
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    The first time I installed freebsd was on my 20 gigs hdd version 4.7 . After buying a 40 gigs hdd I tried installing version 5.0 and i keep getting "no disk found" so what I did was burned 4.7 again and tried installing but still gettin "no disk found". I don't know what could be wrong because the only thing I changed on my box was my hdd. Any help would be appreciated.
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  4. April 21st, 2003, 02:26 AM #4
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    you might have some drivers clashing from when you first install, you always have drivers clashing at first install ass youll see on the site ill provide, when you install, you have to say yes i want to configure the kernel or whatever, anyway heres the site, itll go threw step by step threw the install.

    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...k/install.html


    id have this page load and boot from Free BSDs discs, then click next and follow the install exactly , that will save you alot of trouble.
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  5. April 21st, 2003, 02:33 AM #5
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    you might want to check this site out...its all about installing 5.0 and u can report problem there...

    http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/reln...SE/readme.html
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  6. April 21st, 2003, 02:45 AM #6
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    The problem with freebsd 5.0 is it never ask me if i want to configure the kernel. It goes straight to installing but as soon as I hit recommended install. It just says that "no disk found". With freebsd 4.7 I could configure kernel with visual mode but when installing starts. I always end up with no disk found. I will try to boot 5.0 and 4.7 on my 20 gig hdd and see if I still get the same message. Thanks for the reply
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  7. April 21st, 2003, 03:17 AM #7
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    maybe ur new hardware doesnt support FreeBSD 5.0

    Supported Hardware here

    http://jamesthornton.com/freebsd/5.0...e-sparc64.html

    hope that helps
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  8. April 21st, 2003, 04:09 AM #8
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    That link is for sparc. Thanks for the help. I will just search the net and try to solve this problem myself.
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