From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 18 11:20:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA23086 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:20:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA23071 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:20:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08548; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:20:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:20:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: p.baldwin@odyssey.on.ca cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error Mounting /Dev/w2s2 on /dos : Invalid Arguement (22) In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970215002900.00682c94@odyssey.on.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 p.baldwin@odyssey.on.ca wrote: > Error Mounting /Dev/w2s2 on /dos : Invalid Arguement (22) > > This is the error msg i get when i *attempt* to install FreeBSD. I have > installed this before, but this time i am doin it a little different. > Before, i used a deticated 130mb hardirve, but this time i paritioned my E: > drive 3 ways. > 1st Part. 250MB (DOS) > 2nd Part. 1035MB (DOS > 3rd Part. Nothing, but there is 250MB free an the part. table > > I am using the blank Part. 250MB to install. I am doin the user install, i > have the /man /des /dict /doc and /bin dirs. You must place the FreeBSD install files on a DOS primary partition, C:. You are probably attempting to put them on a extended partition, which the boot floppy can't handle automatically. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major