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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!ortmann From: ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu (Daniel Ortmann) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 DOS install? Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: <CzIEF2.tC4@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 09:59:26 GMT References: <m0r7tf3-001NxXC@kitana> Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Lines: 15 In article <m0r7tf3-001NxXC@kitana>, JL Gomez <kitana!sysop@caprica.com> wrote: >I've read the FAQ on FreeBSD 2.0 and it supports the concept of >"packages." Can these packages be on a DOS partition that FreeBSD can >access to install FreeBSD itself? > >I'm looking for install scheme just like Slackware Linux. Thanks for the >info. I actually downloaded FreeBSD 2.0 Alpha completely onto my dos partition, installed the minimal bsd on the harddrive through the installation process, and then did a "mount_msdos". After that I just ran the expand procedure. It worked beautifully...as usual great work guys! Just use mount_msdos.