Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 15:56:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@cslab.vt.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install questions Message-ID: <199508291956.PAA21443@husky.cslab.vt.edu>
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I have two install-related questions: 1. Are the directions in the INSTALL file incorrect WRT installing from a DOS partition? I created a 250MB DOS partition, installed DOS, then copied the FreeBSD bin distribution as well as the floppy images (as per the instructions in INSTALL) into c:\freebsd. I then boot the FreeBSD boot floppy, partition and label the disk (mounting wd0s1 as /dos), and tell it to install from there (under the [M]edia menu, I believe). When I choose [C]ommit, it runs newfs and whatever else, but then complains that it cannot find the root floppy image, and tries to load it from a floppy. Now, I can make a root floppy image and use that, but why doesn't it find it on the DOS partition? (Yes, I checked, and THe files 'boot.flp' and 'root.flp' are present in c:\freebsd ;) 2. We made a custom CD containing, among other things, a FreeBSD release (based on 2.0.5 with a few minor changes). Unfortunately, due to a small oversight, the files on the CD are arranged as: /dos /freebsd /freebsd/dists and so on, so the FreeBSD install doesn't work (install wants the 'dists' directory to be in /dists). What is the easiest way around this problem? It doesn't appear to be too terribly difficult to make new boot floppy images and distribute those, but we were hoping for an easier method. One idea I had was to somehow get the CD mounted, then select the "Install from a mounted filesystem" option, but I can't seem to get it to mount the CD! Boy do I miss the "fixit" floppy! ;) Thanks for any help. -- Jeff Aitken jaitken@cs.vt.edu
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