Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:06:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Ronald P. Jensen" <rjensen@inet.att.co.kr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help needed on install from DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971012230520.9609H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bcd69b$b15d7be0$44c7f8cb@default>
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On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Ronald P. Jensen wrote: > I check for information on the installation from a DOS partition in > the FAQ and the mail archive(couldn't access). The mail archive was probably being updated when you tried. > 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..... / and /var are UNIX constructions for various filesystems. You should have gone into the disklabel editor and created these, or hit `A' to create them for you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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