From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 25 16:46:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA03598 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:46:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from portal.west.saic.com (portal.west.saic.com [198.151.12.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA03592 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from CRAIG.A.EVERETT@cpmx.saic.com) Received: from cpmx.saic.com by portal.west.saic.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 25 Aug 1998 23:45:02 UT Received: from cpva.saic.com by cpmx.mail.saic.com; Tue, 25 Aug 98 16:42:58 -0700 Received: from everettc.saic.com ([10.11.242.94]) by cpva.saic.com with SMTP for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 16:42:34 -0700 Message-ID: <35E34B7C.4396@cpmx.saic.com> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:40:44 +0000 From: Craig Everett X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation from cdrom Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am trying to install from a DOS partition (C:\FreeBSD). I am doing a novice install for a X-user but when I start installation I get the error " no root device found - you must label a partition as / in the label editor". What am I doing wrong. I have tried to label a partition as such but I am having no luck. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Craig Everett craig.a.everett@cpmx.saic.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message