From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 19 02:38:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA26402 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 02:38:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id CAA26397 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 02:38:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id MAA04879; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:36:11 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma004877; Sun Jan 19 12:36:04 1997 Message-ID: <32E1F8FE.710C@barcode.co.il> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:35:42 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mesa Public Library CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation fron HPFS partion References: <199701171823.LAA29639@gate1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mesa Public Library wrote: > > Is it possible to install FreeBSD from an HPFS partion using > from within an OS/2 DOS window to a secondary IDE hard drive? > Or does the installation have to be performed under real DOS > from a FAT drive? If the installation has to be performed > real DOS, can I still do it from an HPFS partion using a read- > only HPFS driver for DOS? Please give me some adive, or direct > me to appropriate newsgroup. Thanks, Ezra Sitea (esitea@aztec.asu.edu) You can't use HPFS for *anything* under FreeBSD. The installation is not performed under DOS or OS/2, but rather under FreeBSD. The installation files must be on a FAT partition, as sysinstall will not read HPFS. Nadav