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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