From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 8 20:04:29 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA20739 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 20:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from panix.com (panix.com [198.7.0.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20734 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 20:04:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jbarrm@localhost) by panix.com (8.7/8.7/PanixU1.3) id XAA05925; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 23:04:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 23:04:16 -0500 (EST) From: Barry Masterson To: Darin Lee cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: 'UNABLE TO CREATE ROOT...' In-Reply-To: <01BAC572.9D01E280@pm008-00.dialip.mich.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Darin Lee wrote > In summary I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem installing > from a DOS partition? Is it possible that the *.flp images need to be "raw" > copied onto my installation (source) hard dive? If so rawrite won't do it, I've installed from my dos partition a few times, without any problems. The only file thats needs to be 'rawrite3'ed is the 'boot.flp'. ( I have a Quantum Fireball 1gig ide drive ). boot.flp goes on the floppy, everything else goes into the /freebsd/ directories. > FREEBSD began installation but hung with an error of "cannot create the > ROOT image" or something to that extent. I tried this several times and > always would hang at this point. The message simply concluded "correct > problem and retry." Well, I know from past experience that root.flp must be in /freebsd/floppies/ on the dos partition. I've got it installed, write me if you have any questions. Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = FreeBSD 2.1.0 = = = = = = = = = = = = =