Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:07:59 -0800 (PST) From: carloz@altavista.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i386/8603: DOS partition installation problem. Message-ID: <199811081707.JAA28159@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 8603 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: DOS partition installation problem. >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 8 09:10:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: carloz h >Organization: Inst. Tec. de Hermosillo >Release: 3.0-RELEASE >Environment: Windows 98 ix86 K5 100MHZ 32MB RAM >Description: Hi. I want to know what to do if I'm installing from a DOS partition and the FreeBSD setup program says "Invalid argument" when trying to access the partition. I think the problem is some LFN of the files with termination ".mtree", because Windows truncates this to "BIN~1.MTR"; or maybe the partition I'm trying to access is a DOS extended. I also like to know what files I have to download from the FTP site to do a minimal install. I have already downloaded the "bin", "doc", "manpages", "proflibs", "dict", and "info" directories, but all of them has a ".mtree" file and windows truncates this name. >How-To-Repeat: I have downloaded the "bin" dir, and the bin.mtree SFN is "BIN~1.MTR" (note that the LFN is still "bin.mtree"). >Fix: I have tried to edit the CHECKSUM.MD5 to match the bin.mtree SFN "BIN.~1.MTR" with the 'vi' editor and reinstalling but I receive the same error (Note that I'm using RedHat Linux 'vi' editor, not MS-DOS Editor). May be a partition problem or the directories in this partition. Thanks! >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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