Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:39:48 -0500 From: "Brantley Hobbs" <geekopus@negia.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing FreeBSD from a big FAT32 partition Message-ID: <000701be2d43$95a91ee0$000a0a0a@brantley>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2D19.AB8C8D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HELP! I have downloaded the entire 3.0-RELEASE directory from = ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD and placed it on my FAT32 disk as = C:\FreeBSD\. I have replicated the directory structure properly, but when I boot the = install disk and select DOS partition as the install media, FreeBSD = cannot find the files. =20 I am running Win98 with a 13.5Gb disk. The FAT32 partition is 10Gb. = Can FreeBSD read a FAT32 partition that big? The LINUX installation = disk couldn't, so I thought that maybe this was the problem here. System Configuration: ASUS P5A Motherboard@100MHz AMD K6-2@350MHz 64MB PC100 SDRAM Diamond Viper V550 PCI/16Mb SDRAM 13.5Gb IBM Harddisk (10Gb FAT32 partition, the rest is marked as = FreeBSD) I am using the FreeBSD v3.0 boot.flp image. Thanks Brantley geekopus@negia.net ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2D19.AB8C8D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>HELP!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have downloaded the entire = 3.0-RELEASE=20 directory from ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD and placed it on my FAT32 = disk as=20 C:\FreeBSD\.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have replicated the directory = structure=20 properly, but when I boot the install disk and select DOS partition as = the=20 install media, FreeBSD cannot find the files. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I am running Win98 with a 13.5Gb = disk. The=20 FAT32 partition is 10Gb. Can FreeBSD read a FAT32 partition that=20 big? The LINUX installation disk couldn't, so I thought that maybe = this=20 was the problem here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>System Configuration:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>ASUS P5A = Motherboard@100MHz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>AMD K6-2@350MHz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>64MB PC100 SDRAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Diamond Viper V550 P</FONT><FONT = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2>CI/16Mb SDRAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>13.5Gb IBM Harddisk (10Gb FAT32 = partition, the=20 rest is marked as FreeBSD)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I am using the FreeBSD v3.0 boot.flp = image.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Brantley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:geekopus@negia.net">geekopus@negia.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE2D19.AB8C8D20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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