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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:07:59 -0800 (PST)
From: carloz@altavista.net
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Subject: i386/8603: DOS partition installation problem.
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>Number:         8603
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       DOS partition installation problem.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov  8 09:10:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     carloz h
>Organization:
Inst. Tec. de Hermosillo
>Release:        3.0-RELEASE
>Environment:
Windows 98 ix86
K5 100MHZ 32MB RAM

>Description:
 Hi. I want to know what to do if I'm installing from a DOS partition and the FreeBSD setup program says "Invalid argument" when trying to access the partition. I think the problem is some LFN of the files with termination ".mtree", because Windows truncates this to "BIN~1.MTR"; or maybe the partition I'm trying to access is a DOS extended.

 I also like to know what files I have to download from the FTP site to do a minimal install. I have already downloaded the "bin", "doc", "manpages", "proflibs", "dict", and "info" directories, but all of them has a ".mtree" file and windows truncates this name.
>How-To-Repeat:
 I have downloaded the "bin" dir, and the bin.mtree SFN is "BIN~1.MTR" (note that the LFN is still "bin.mtree").
>Fix:
 I have tried to edit the CHECKSUM.MD5 to match the bin.mtree SFN "BIN.~1.MTR" with the 'vi' editor and reinstalling but I receive the same error (Note that I'm using RedHat Linux 'vi' editor, not MS-DOS Editor). May be a partition problem or the directories in this partition.

Thanks!
>Audit-Trail:
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