probe my HDD

[Garrett Cooper]

Norberto Meijome wrote:
> On Mon, 28 May 2007 21:30:23 +0700
> "erik freaks" <freaksnoid at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: "erik freaks" <freaksnoid at gmail.com>
>> To: "Norberto Meijome" <freebsd at meijome.net>
>> Subject: Re: probe my HDD
>> Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:30:23 +0700
>>
>> firstly I use FreeBSD 4.7 everything fine..,then I try to use freeBSD 6.2,when
>> I try to install I got message "Disk not found!.....", how to probe hardware
>> manually in freeBSD 6.2 ?,my spesification hardware:
>> CPU:intel P4 2.0
>> MB : Asus P4P8X
>> HDD :Samsung 160 Gb
>> ...
>>  please help me,I just newbie
> 
> Hi Erik,
> please reply to all, including the list, so others can help as well.
> 
> hardware gets probed automatically..i can't imagine what would work with 4.7
> and not with the 6 series (it's usually the other way around for me).
> I would take note of what is the name of the HD in 4.7 (ad0 , i imagine) and
> then let 6. know..
> 
> btw, have you read the handbook ? it's the best place to start if you are a
> newbie. You can find it in freebsd.org
> 
> good luck,
> _________________________
> {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome

Who's the disk controller made by? SATA or PATA (MB supports both)?

-Garrett