From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 23:22:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02440 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:22:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02435 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:22:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA21342; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:22:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:22:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Ernie Catania cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD from extended DOS partion In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Ernie Catania wrote: > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD-2.1.7 from an extended DOS partition, > your notes suggests this is possible using the following command " mount -t > msdos /dev/wd0s2 /dos_e". "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). You may, AFTER you install. The install program requires you to install from a PRIMARY dos partition. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major