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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:35:34 +0100 (CET)
From:      "Frode Nordahl" <frode@nordahl.net>
To:        <frode@nordahl.net>
Cc:        <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Installing 5.0-DP2
Message-ID:  <65149.80.212.245.14.1037702134.squirrel@epost.powertech.no>
In-Reply-To: <64952.80.212.245.14.1037700948.squirrel@epost.powertech.no>
References:  <64952.80.212.245.14.1037700948.squirrel@epost.powertech.no>

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Sorry about previous posting without subject.  It was supposed to be
"Installing 5.0-DP2".

I was posting with my webmail using Lynx, so I guess that combination did
not work well :)

Mvh,
Frode Nordahl

Frode Nordahl said:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> Installation from DOS fs does not work.  The firsr error message is
> "Operation not permitted", conequetive attempts fails with
> "/dist allready exists" or similar.
>
> Unable to delete non-freebsd partitions from Fdisk.  Setting them to
> type 165 and then deleting works.
>
> Since installation from DOS is my only option right now, i went ahead
> using installer from a june -CURRENT.  This almost worked, but the boot
> code was not properly written.  The BootMgr comes up, but I get no
> further.
>
> Trying Fixit from the 5.0-DP2 boot disks fails! Similar error as when
> trying install from DOS fs.  Fixing this after boot does not work
> because of GEOM :(
>
> Mvh, Frode Nordahl


-- 
Mvh,
Frode Nordahl



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