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From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: Installing
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Mike Smith, On 31-Oct-98 you wrote:
> > 
> > I am getting an error message indicating ``Can't find /mfsroot''
> > ls form the boot, says ``Can't find / ''
> > 
> > What gives?
>  
>  When you make the mfsroot floppy, use the instructions in /etc/disktab 
>  when you newfs it.

Which label in which disktab?  I assume the disktab in the 3.0 release, but
want to be sure.

>  I don't understand why a "vanilla" filesystem doesn't work yet; you're 
>  welcome to investigate if you have a little time.

To clarify, I am putting the mfsroot.gz on a floppy.  It appears as if the
kernel (both the 27th and the 29th) want /mfsroot.

I am doing:

        fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440
        disklabel -w -r fd0.1440 floppy3
        newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/rfd0

(Streight off Jordan's install.txt)  and it seems great under i386 FreeBSD.

I will not ask why the floppy needs 5 cylinder groups and 5 copies of the
superblock... :-)

Simon



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