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Date:      Mon, 05 Mar 2001 07:04:53 -0800
From:      richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net>
To:        wsimpson Last Name <wsimpson@my-deja.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mount: /dos No such file or directory
Message-ID:  <3AA3AB14.AFC610E2@pacbell.net>
References:  <200103050912.BAA27188@mail2.bigmailbox.com>

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Try leaving your DOS partition out of the equation until you have FreeBSD installed; then, manually add it to your /etc/fstab, afterwards.

Don't add any lines to /etc/fstab until you have manually tested the ability to mount and unmount the DOS filesystem with the mount(8)
command; remember that you will have to tell the kernel that it is a DOS filesystem with the '-t msdos' flag to mount(8).

I advise against mounting any DOS partition in any but read-only mode; your mileage may vary, and, obviously, there are circumstances where
it is appropriate to ignore this warning; but not too many.

Don't forget to read the manual pages for the mount(8) command; `man 8 mount` will work.

Good luck ...


-- richard


wsimpson Last Name wrote:

> I went through a few frustrating FreeBSD install attempts. The last time everything seemingly went OK. When I booted, I got the message:
>
> mount: /dos No such file or directory
> mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed
> startup aborted
>
> I have an MSDOS partion which I called /dos in the install. I also named other partitions (in stage 2 of install process)
> /
> /var
> /usr
> swap
>
> I use the boot manager, and it boots into dos OK.
>
> I had no feedback during the install that something was amiss.
> Is there any way to fix this up without going through the whole long
> install yet again?
>
> Thanks very much for any help!
>
> Bill Simpson
>
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