Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:04:54 -0500 From: Arvind Sankar <arvinds@MIT.EDU> To: "Majid Almassari" <majid@ibroadcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd from dos partition Message-ID: <200002141604.LAA15683@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:54:27 PST." <00bf01bf7686$0dddd400$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com>
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My mistake. I set the partition types using the installer, and I guess it doesn't rescan for DOS partitions. Everything worked fine once I rebooted. -- arvind > Are you booting among different operating systems? Also what does your BIOS > detect first the SCSI or the IDE? because it will see the MBR of the first > drive that your BIOS sees. just my $.02 cents. > -- > Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. > System Administrator. > iBroadcast, Inc. > majid@ibroadcast.net > http://www.ibroadcast.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Arvind Sankar <arvinds@MIT.EDU> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 5:02 PM > Subject: installing freebsd from dos partition > > > > hi. > > > > I'm trying to install the 3.2 release on a i386 system that has one ide > > and one scsi disk. The release files are under freebsd/ in /dev/da0s1, > > which is a dos partition. /dev/da0s3 is the bsd slice. /dev/da0s2 is a > > linux root partition, and /dev/da0s4 is an extended partition containing > > the rest of the linux part. > > > > when I attempt to set the install media to DOS, I get the error message: > > Cannot mount /dev/da0s4 on /dist. How do I persuade the installer to > > look at /dev/da0s1 instead? The problem is incomprehensible to me, > > because /dev/da0s4 is not even a dos partition (shows up as unknown in > > the pc partition editor). > > > > Can someone help? > > > > -- > > Arvind Sankar phone : (617)-776-5083 > > 156 School St, #6 e-mail: arvinds@mit.edu > > Somerville, MA02143 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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