Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 23:58:44 -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: Still can't install from DOS Message-ID: <m0sVswe-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> In-Reply-To: <199507120259.WAA24009@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> from "Kristyn Fayette" at Jul 11, 95 10:59:12 pm
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Kristyn Fayette wrote:
> Ok, maybe this is because I'm blond,
do you know any good blonde jokes? :)
> but I just can't figure out how to install from a DOS parition on
> a physically seperate disk. My 'Label' in the Install utility looks
> like this:
>
> Port Mount Size Newfs
> ---- ----- ---- -----
> wd0s1 /dos 514MB DOS
> wd1s1a / 70MB Y
> wd1s1b swap 48MB
> wd1s1e /usr 287MB Y
looks okay to me... the separate disk part should not matter.
> I've created a C:\FREEBSD directory and put all my bin.* and *.flp files
> there.
this may be the problem... are they in c:\freebsd or are they in
A:\freebsd\* like so:
jan:/dos % ls freebsd
bin/ compat1x/ compat20/ dict/ floppies/
games/ info/ manpages/ options.doc packages/
ports/ readme src/
jan:/dos % ls freebsd/bin
bin.aa bin.ab bin.ac bin.ad bin.ae bin.af bin.ag
... etc ...
bin.ca bin.cb bin.cc bin.cd bin.ce bin.cf bin.cg
Sorry if I overstate the obvious but the individual files must be
in their appropriate subdirectories just like they are on wcarchive.
> I've chosen 'DOS' to install from a DOS partition. Is it supposed
> to ask me what directory it's in?
It asks if it cannot find the files installed as in the above example.
> Every time I'm getting told it can't find
> root.flp and bin.aa, etc...
This is strange, maybe. I created a boot and a root floppy under
unix like so:
jan:/dos/freebsd/floppies % dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0 obs=18k
jan:/dos/freebsd/floppies % dd if=root.flp of=/dev/fd0 obs=18k
Boot using the boot floppy. If it asks, insert the root floppy.
If you have assigned a /dos mount point for your dos partition
and have untar'd the files in their /dos/freebsd sub directories
it should find everything else. It has worked for me many dozens
of times. If you need more help, you can mail me, no problem.
--
Jan Isley If you couldn't find any weirdness,
<jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> maybe we'll just have to make some!
-- Hobbes
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