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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 23:06:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Ronald P. Jensen" <rjensen@inet.att.co.kr>
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Subject: Re: Help needed on install from DOS partition
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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