Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 13:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Kenneth R. Westerback" <krw@tcn.net> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: misc/3070: Cannot do post install mods to UNIX from DOS partition Message-ID: <199703232120.NAA29646@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "Kenneth R. Westerback" <krw@tcn.net>
To: whiz-kidz@pcisys.net
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG,
GNATS Management <gnats@freefall.freebsd.org>,
freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/3070: Cannot do post install mods to UNIX from DOS partition
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:18:33 -0500 (EST)
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:
>
>
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