Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 20:38:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: John Bowman <desslock@ix.comcat.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of 2.1.5 off DOS directory Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961008203757.2709K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.961007121046.14835A-100000@ix.comcat.com>
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On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, John Bowman wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD off of a DOS partition. My hardware > configuration is as follows: > > 486 DX-4100 with 16MB RAM > 540 Meg Western Digital with one primary and one extended (two logical) > DOS drives recognised by FreeBSD as wd0s0 and wd0s1. > 1.6 Gig Seagate with one extended (recognised as wd1s0) as by FreeBSD > boot drive and 1.4 Gig unused (partitioned and labeled through FreeBSD > installation. > > The installation process sets up the unused portion of the second IDE, > uses the newfs command on the drive, and then I get an error message > stating that it couldn't mount /dev/wd1s0 in /dos: Error (22). Apparently FreeBSD objects to one of your DOS drives. Is the one you're installing from a primary DOS partition, not an extended partition? > Do I have to create a special /dos label greater thn or equal to the size > of my install partition? What am I doing wrong? No.../dos is temporary. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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