From owner-freebsd-doc  Mon May 27  4:40:17 2002
Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org
Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C9537B408
	for <freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org>; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
	by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4RBe2400266;
	Mon, 27 May 2002 04:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from gnats)
Received: from nwww.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC4537B412
	for <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by nwww.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4RBbVhG092781
	for <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org)
Received: (from nobody@localhost)
	by www.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g4RBbVO9092780;
	Mon, 27 May 2002 04:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <200205271137.g4RBbVO9092780@www.freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 04:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0
Subject: docs/38608: DOS install directory must be X:\FreeBSD
Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-doc.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-doc>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-doc>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org


>Number:         38608
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       DOS install directory must be X:\FreeBSD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 27 04:40:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nik Clayton
>Release:        4.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I've had an (unconfirmed) report that the FreeBSD DOS installation
directory *must* be called "freebsd" and must be an immediate
subdirectory of the root directory on the disk.

If this is the case then

    http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-diff-media.html

section 2.13.3 must be updated to reflect this.

    http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/media.c?rev=1.119&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

suggests that only a limited number of paths are checked.
>How-To-Repeat:
      
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message