Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 12:55:35 -0400 (EDT) From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) To: kristyn@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Kristyn Fayette) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Installing 2.0.5 on wd1 w/ DOS Message-ID: <m0sVM7L-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> In-Reply-To: <199507101541.LAA11589@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Kristyn Fayette" at Jul 10, 95 11:40:50 am
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Kristyn Fayette wrote: > I'm trying to install 2.0.5 Release to my second hard disk. I'm dedicating > all 420 Megs to it. My first drive is a 540 Meg, dedicated to DOS & Windows. > How do I tell the install program to look on my first drive for the DOS > partition and the C:\FREEBSD directory? And, how will I mount my DOS drive > later? Please don't tell me I'll need to copy everything to floppies... It has been a few weeks so if you see something different than what I describe, proceed with caution. :) In fdisk, pick both disks but obviously do not create a partition on the DOS disk. Then in disk-label, divy up wd1 however you want and give wd0 a /dos mount point, or whatever you want to name it. When you then select "install from a DOS partition" the system will know about your DOS drive and automatically look for \freebsd\* on it. You should have the files untarred in c:\freebsd\bin, c:\freebsd\manpages, etc ... If you assign a mount point for your DOS partition, the install program will automatically edit fstab for you and when you reboot, viola, it will be mounted. If you want to install packages during the initial install you will have to shift over to the alt-f4 shell and manually mount the DOS partition. Install mounts the DOS partition while adding distributions but unmounts it when it finishes. Also, even though you installed from a DOS partition, when first trying to get to the package menu install will complain about not finding CDROM. Proceed anyway and you can eventually get to a packages menu. Or, you could reboot and add packages later by running /stand/sysinstall or using pkg_add. > I really like the new install program over the one in 1.x, but I was a > bit confused when looking at the Label section. The 1.x series walked you > thru making the partitions you'd need (root, swap space, and /usr). 2.0.5 > seems to expect you to know what you need and 'newbies' will probably be > completely lost there. Perhaps there could be an 'example' document that > illustrates the 'typical' configurations? I could even be persuaded to > write it. Just my $0.02. I have asked this question too. The problem is that no two people are ever going to agree on what is typical. :) -- Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> If you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe we'll just have to make some! -- Hobbes
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