Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 23:26:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Aiming instlall rouitine at source directory on dos Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809282257080.3140-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <360fbcf8.25728058@mail.silcom.com>
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On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Harry Putnam wrote: >Being familiar with Linux mainly, I don't recoganize the naming >conventions: > > I have 2 HDD . One, all win95 with 3 partions C D E, >Number two is all most all linux with /dev/hdb/ 1-8 /dev/hdb3/ now >set to `a5' file system and labeled BSD/386. (done confusedly with >the install fdisk editor) > >After using the handy `setup.exe' to make a boot floppy. Then having >repeated problems with preping the source files. (corrrupted, wrong >size etc) I may now have clean files (only installing the `bin'(basic) >directory) But when the install gets to the point where you select a >dos address... > >Theres the rub. I'm being shown three possibilities. Two columns, one >colored yellow the other black, same entry in both columns. >wd0s1 wd0s1 >wd0s2 wd0s2 >wd1s1 wd1s1 > I 've tried all three at one time or another. None have worked. How >can one translate between Dos C, D, E and the system used by FreeBSD >or does it even see Dos partitions at all? > >Do the above represent C D E or is wd1 a different disk? Simple things first, wd1 is a different physical disk than wd0. Wd0 is the master drive and wd1 is the slave. C,D,E et al are utterly meaningless to FreeBSD. C,D, and E only have meaning in windows land. One thing I do not get from your description though. You said you have three DOS partitions on the first drive? It doesn't look like you do or I would see wd0s1, wd0s2, and wd0s3. Did you mean to say that you have two partitions (C, D) on the first drive plus one partition on the E drive? wd0 is the first IDE drive. <== Your windows stuff. wd1 is the second IDE drive. <== Your Linux stuff. The FreeBSD naming breaks down like this. wd-X-sX-(abc...) wd <== The type of drive. In this case IDE. (sd for scsi) wd0 <== The number of drive. The first IDE drive. wd0s1 <== The DOS "(s)lice" number. The first DOS partition on the first IDE drive. wd0s1a <== The FreeBSD partition designator. This is the "a" (commonly holds the / file system) partition on the first DOS slice on the first IDE drive. Example: wd1s2c <== The "c" FreeBSD partition on the second DOS slice on the second IDE drive. Assuming that you want to wipe out windows :P and keep Linux and FreeBSD you will be installing FreeBSD into wd0s1 or wd0s2. >I'd like to flesh out this install by finishing up with an FTP update >later on. But, attempting an ftp install to begin with. I wasn't >able to get a connection started. Once the information (IP address >Domain name etc) was supplied. I was shown a screen that told me >adamantly not to press `enter'until I'd made a connection, and >directed me to Alt-F3 to do so. Going to Alt F3 I found no way to >continue. ... IE give a phone number username, password etc. The only >command suggested to use is `term' which got me a `ready' prompt. But >seemingly no way to do anything. Return to the previous screen or >pressing F1 have not shown a way to connect. >What are the steps to making a connection? Where do you put a phone >number etc? What is the application that does the connection? I >recognized nothing similar to minicom, telnet, or other ppp type >connecting devices. >Seems a different world altogether. This is PPP land. I am no modem guru. What you will do is enter "term" and then enter commands like "atdt foo-isp#" and login. Please consult and authoritative source here. Please note that there are no form fields to fill out here, i.e. no place to put a number. The application that will connect you is "term" which is your PPP connecting device. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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