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Date:      Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:20:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        p.baldwin@odyssey.on.ca
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Error Mounting /Dev/w2s2 on /dos : Invalid Arguement (22)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970218111954.8522D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970215002900.00682c94@odyssey.on.ca>

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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




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