Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 21:15:29 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Replacement to the MS-DOS mini-FAQ (install chapter) Message-ID: <20030521191528.GG400@nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20030521144149.6b8a2614.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030521144149.6b8a2614.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2003.05.21 14:41:49 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Many users wish to install FreeBSD on PCs inhabited by Microsoft based operating systems. > For those instances, FreeBSD has a utility known as <application>fips</application>. > This utility can be found in the <filename>tools</filename> directory on the install > CD-ROM, or can be downloaded from one of various FreeBSD mirrors. > > The <application>fips</application> utility allows you to split an existing MS-DOS partition Perhaps FAT partion ? or maybe FAT will just confuse people... > or use Norton Disk Tools. You then must run <application>fips</application>. It will > prompt you for the rest of the information it needs. Afterwords, you can reboot and s/Afterwords/Afterwards/ ? > with the required parameters. The utilities most common usage is:</para> > > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount_msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt</userinput></screen> Perhaps use ad0s1 since IDE is much more common... And people who have SCSI are most likely more advanced users who now the difference. > <para>In this example, the MS-DOS file system is located on the first partition of > the primary hard disk. Your situation may be different, always check the s/primary hard disk/primary IDE hard disk/ ? Just a few thoughts, use at will. -- Simon L. Nielsen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+y9BQ8kocFXgPTRwRAiBVAJ9fiXUuMV5500Bwh0q3CL6GrndIPACgzJvW EKNLQcaC2sxU5GeTLGvyVAY= =5wvS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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