Date: Fri, 09 Oct 98 12:06 EDT From: "Mike Lewis, Lockheed Martin" <MAQ@epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD installation question / problem Message-ID: <"98-10-09-12:06:41.66*MAQ"@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
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Hi. I am attempting to install FreeBSD 3.0-971208SNAP (I have had it a while), and I am hitting a wall. I am performing a DOS-partition install. FreeBSD files exist in directory C:/FREEBSD on my DOS drive, which is the first physical primary partition on the master drive on the primary IDE controller. The first physical harddrive also contains a second primary partition containing Windows 95 OSR2 with FAT-*16*. I do not recall at this time whether or not I have tried booting DOS before the install. I may have always booted Windows-95 before the install attempt, which would make the Windows-95 partition active. I do not know if this matters. I am installing FreeBSD on the third physical harddrive, which is the master drive on the secondary IDE controller. I get through a novice install fairly well. I partition the FreeBSD "drive", and select the source and specify the DOS-partition install. The install flashes through various things and ends up with the following message: ERROR MOUNTING DOS PARTITION /dev/wd0s1 INVALID ARGUMENT (22) Is this a symptom of the DOS partition not being "active". Or, is something else wrong? THanks in advance for any assistance, Mike Lewis <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> < If you think the United States has < > < stood still, who built the largest < maq@epaibm.rtpnc.epa.gov > < shopping center in the world? < maq@nccibm1.bitnet > < -- President Richard M. Nixon < > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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