From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 27 12:27:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08331 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08236 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:26:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07265; Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:25:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35E5B2B3.FD4D98F1@dal.net> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:25:39 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0823 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Craig Everett CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation from cdrom References: <35E34B7C.4396@cpmx.saic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Craig Everett wrote: > > I am trying to install from a DOS partition (C:\FreeBSD). I am doing a > novice install for a X-user but when I start installation I get the > error " no root device found - you must label a partition as / in the > label editor". What am I doing wrong. I have tried to label a partition > as such but I am having no luck. When you get to the label editor, use the automatic layout feature. This will solve your problems for you. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. - Yiddish Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message