Date: Tue, 04 Mar 97 16:17:58 PST From: "Ernie Catania" <erniec@synflux.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: installing freebsd from extended dos partition Message-ID: <MAPI.Id.0016.00726e69656320203030303630303036@MAPI.to.RFC822>
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I'm attempting to install FreeBSD-2.1.7 from an extended DOS partition. Help info suggests this is possible using the following command " mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s2 /dos_e". Exchanging dos_e with dos_d dosn't change the results. "wd0s2" is my extended dos partition, "e" is the logical drive I created solely for FreeBSD distribution files. Logical drive "d" I use for WIN3.1 and "c" is my primary dos partition. I used the mount command at the initial Boot: prompt when the boot disk loads up. The extended partition appears on the fdisk screen but not on the Label editor screen. When I attempt to install I get the message " Error Mounting Dos patition /dev/wd0s2 : invalid argument (22)" and another screen "Unable to initialize selected media etc" and suggests that I should repair it. My computer is a P120 with ide Hard drive and 16m of ram Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. regards Ernie Catania erniec@synflux.com.au
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