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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:18:33 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kenneth R. Westerback" <krw@tcn.net>
To: whiz-kidz@pcisys.net
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Subject: Re: misc/3070: Cannot do post install mods to UNIX from DOS partition
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I had this exact same problem on 2.2R.  Here's the workaround:

1) mount -t msdos /dev/<your DOS disk> /<a mount point>
2) run /stand/sysinstall and specify your media as 'Existing file system'
and point it at your <mount point>/<where your FreeBSD stuff is>

e.g. in my case

mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /cfat
Existing file system == /cfat/FreeBSD

On Sun, 23 Mar 1997 whiz-kidz@pcisys.net wrote:

> 
> >Number:         3070
> >Category:       misc
> >Synopsis:       Cannot do post install mods to UNIX from DOS partition
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       critical
> >Priority:       high
> >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
> >State:          open
> >Class:          support
> >Submitter-Id:   current-users
> >Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 23 12:20:03 PST 1997
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Art Minneman
> >Organization:
> Whiz Kidz International
> >Release:        2.1.7
> >Environment:
> >Description:
> I do not have a "compatible" CDROM and am loading bsd as per para 2.1 and have made a FREEBSD directory on my C and D drives (both recognized by the bsd system as wsd0 and wsd1). After logging into UNIX as "root"  I do a "/stand/sysinstall" command and tell the system that I want to set media. I set the media to the hard drive and then tell the system that I want to install packages, whereupon I am told that the system cannot find /packages/index and that is that.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 
> >Fix:
> 
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
> 
>