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From: ilin@mit.edu (I-Lin Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Install from DOS partition..
Date: 27 Aug 1995 20:05:29 GMT
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
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Hi,
I bought the FreeBSD2.0.5 CD in USA. My machine is P75, 16MB RAM,
2HD(c: 850 MB IDE, d: 1GB EIDE) CD-ROM:Mitsumi IDE 4X.
Originally, I thought all Mitsumi CD-ROM are supported by FreebSD,
but I found I can't install FreeBSD via my CD-ROM. And my 3c509 ethernet card
somehow can't be detected. So, I decided to install it via copyinig the files
from CD to my HD. I want to install FreeBSD on my d:. I fdisk d to be 2
parts: the 1st one contains 600MB, the 2nd one contains 400MB. and I already
format the 2nd one to be DOS format. I plan to install FreeBSD in the 1st
partition. At this moment, d: only contains 400MB, and the 600MB one is
undetectable yet.
Then, (e: is my CD-ROM)
md: d:\freebsd
xcopy /s e:\floppies c:\freebsd\floppies\
xcopy /s e:\dists c:\freebsd\
as what's written in 2.3.3 in FreeBSD's HandBook.--copy those files into
d:\frebsd\
Then, I create the boot disk, and do as 2.4 in HandBook said. I have some
questions in partition and the way to install:
1. now, my wd0 is my c: (the 850MB one), wd1 is the 1GB one. When I plan to
partition the wd1, it can't recognize my DOS partition(remember, I already
have 400MB DOS in this disk). Should I create the slice for BSD now?(yes, I
guess), but how much should I create so that it won't affect my original
400MB DOS partition?
2. what I did is to create a FreeBSD slice for the 1st 600MB, and leave other
space "unused"(I don't know how to make it know the other 400MB is DOS)
Then, I do "Label", and create the partition-a(200MB as '/'), 100MB as swap
, 200MB as '/usr', 100MB as '/home'). Then, I set the Distributions I want.
Then, I have to tell it what "Media" I want to use. My problem is: what
should I do now? Should I choose the DOS partition installation or??
3. what I did is to choose the DOS partition installation, and it has a message
said-->There is no DOS partition in this HD!!
Can anyone tell me how to install FreeBSD from HD in my case? Thanks
I-Lin Wang