From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 11 18:14:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA20638 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 18:14:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from osabs01.inet.att.co.kr (osabs01.inet.att.co.kr [203.248.199.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA20624 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 18:14:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rjensen@inet.att.co.kr) Received: from default (osaba01-53.inet.att.co.kr [203.248.199.68]) by osabs01.inet.att.co.kr (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA01307 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:10:47 +0900 (GMT) From: "Ronald P. Jensen" To: Subject: Help needed on install from DOS partition Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:16:24 +1100 Message-ID: <01bcd69b$b15d7be0$44c7f8cb@default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I check for information on the installation from a DOS partition in=20 the FAQ and the mail archive(couldn't access). I ftp'd BSD down onto my = second harddrive (D:) and intend to install on (E:) a 1.9 gig partition. I get the setup program to recognize the freeBSD partition and it asks me from where to install. That seems to work ok....however it starts asking for the root directory "/" and "/var" and so on...I understand on UNIX where this are...but is there some = creation step that I am missing that I must do first to the partition. I am a novice when it comes to installation...so help would = be appreciated..... Thanks in advance. Ron Jensen rjensen@inet.att.co.kr ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello,
  I check for information on the installation = from a DOS=20 partition in
the FAQ and the mail archive(couldn't access). I = ftp'd BSD=20 down onto my second harddrive (D:) and intend to install on (E:) a=20 1.9
gig partition. I get the setup program to recognize = the=20 freeBSD
partition and it asks me from where to install. That = seems to=20 work
ok....however it starts asking for the root = directory=20 "/" and "/var"
and so on...I understand on UNIX where this = are...but is there=20 some creation step that I am missing that I must do first to = the
partition. I am a novice when it comes to = installation...so=20 help would be appreciated.....
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Ron Jensen
rjensen@inet.att.co.kr<= /DIV>
 
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