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Date:      Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:43:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        HARDCORE COMMANDER <ultraflava@www.hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: error mounting
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970103174143.11231B-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19970103184337.8816.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On 3 Jan 1997, HARDCORE COMMANDER wrote:

> i tried to install freebsd from a dos parition but it just fails. I always
> get the message "can't mount /dev/wd0something on /dos argument
> error (22) what is the problem"

What's the command line you're using?

should be like...

mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /dos

assuming your dos partition is on your first ide disk and you have a /dos
directory on your unix system to mount it to.


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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