Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 10:16:24 +1100 From: "Ronald P. Jensen" <rjensen@inet.att.co.kr> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Help needed on install from DOS partition Message-ID: <01bcd69b$b15d7be0$44c7f8cb@default>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I check for information on the installation from a DOS partition in=20 the FAQ and the mail archive(couldn't access). I ftp'd BSD down onto my = second harddrive (D:) and intend to install on (E:) a 1.9 gig partition. I get the setup program to recognize the freeBSD partition and it asks me from where to install. That seems to work ok....however it starts asking for the root directory "/" and "/var" and so on...I understand on UNIX where this are...but is there some = creation step that I am missing that I must do first to the partition. I am a novice when it comes to installation...so help would = be appreciated..... Thanks in advance. Ron Jensen rjensen@inet.att.co.kr ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0 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 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I check for information on the installation = from a DOS=20 partition in </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>the FAQ and the mail archive(couldn't access). I = ftp'd BSD=20 down onto my second harddrive (D:) and intend to install on (E:) a=20 1.9</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>gig partition. I get the setup program to recognize = the=20 freeBSD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>partition and it asks me from where to install. That = seems to=20 work</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>ok....however it starts asking for the root = directory=20 "/" and "/var"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>and so on...I understand on UNIX where this = are...but is there=20 some creation step that I am missing that I must do first to = the</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>partition. I am a novice when it comes to = installation...so=20 help would be appreciated.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ron Jensen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:rjensen@inet.att.co.kr">rjensen@inet.att.co.kr</A></FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCD6F7.E4CDF3E0--
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