Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:12:22 -0700 (PDT) From: reichert@numachi.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/14428: can't install from extended DOS partition Message-ID: <19991020061222.3416E1AD9F@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 14428
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: can't install from extended DOS partition
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 19 23:20:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Brian Reichert
>Release: 3.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I'm attempting to FreeBSD on a laptop, where Win98 already lives.
I shrank the Win98 partition, then used Win98's 'fdisk' to created a 500M extended partition.
I successfully formatted this new partition 9again, from Win98), then created a minimal
distribution tree as per INSTALL.TXT.
Then I try to use this DOS partition to install FreeBSD, sysinstall (as launched from the boot
floppies) sys simply: 'Error mounting /dev/wd0s2 on /dist: Invalid argument (22)'.
The disk partitioning in sysinstall shows:
Offset Size End Name Ptype Desc Subtype Flags
0 63 62 - 6 unused 0
63 2388897 2388959 wd0s1 2 fat 11
2388960 1028160 3417119 wd0s2 4 extended 5
3417120 4747680 8164799 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 C
8164800 272160 8436959 wd0s4 1 unknown 160
8436960 15120 8452079 - 6 unused 0
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Using sysinstall's partition tool, change the extended DOS partition's
type to '11' (fat). Win98 will think the FS is gone, you can simply
reformat, and reinstall the release tree you want.
I was able to successfully install with this method.
Oh, and for the record, BottEasy lets you dual-boot easily...
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