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Subject: i386/8446: 3.0-RELEASE install bug
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>Number:         8446
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       DOS install option does not work in 3.0-RELEASE
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 25 10:20:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joe Marcus Clarke
>Organization:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	Pentium 686 and 586 -class CPU 64 MB RAM, FAT32 DOS partition on wd0s1, booting 3.0-RELEASE floppy dated Oct 19, 1998.

>Description:

	Using the latest 3.0-RELEASE floppy, the DOS install option does not work.  With the same partition setup ,using the same 3.0 distribution files, the 2.2.7-RELEASE boot floppy does succeed when installing from a DOS partition.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Boot from the 3.0-RELEASE boot floppy, ensure that a FAT32 partition exists on wd0s1 with a FREEBSD\BIN directory, and try to do a Minimal installation from DOS.  It will fail.  Then boot off the 2.2.7-RELEASE boot floppy, and do the same thing with the same distribution, and it will succeed in extracting the files.

>Fix:
	
	No easy fix or work-around.  Complicated workaround involving partial install with 2.2.7-RELEASE floppy, then rebooting using 3.0 and using the existing mount command to mount wd0s1 at a given mount point, then installing from file system.

>Audit-Trail:
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