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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!actcsiro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Having Problems Installing From DOS partition. Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 11:37:22 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 38 Message-ID: <31BB19E2.764D@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4pdr81$3bb@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) rlee11@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > I tried to do minimum install but I keep getting errors. > I downloaded from ftp3.FreeBSD.org in dir 2.1.0-RELEASE: > > bin > floppies > > I put all the files on my DOS partition in c:\freebsd\bin and > c:\freebsd\floppies. > > I created a boot floppy and boots fine and I do a novice install. > I used all the space for FreeBSD partition. After the install started > loading files it gives me an error:"Error Mounting /dev/wd0s1 on /dos > Invalid argument(22)" and then it says "Failed to load Root > distribution". After the error message I can no longer access my DOS > partition and so I have to reinstall DOS and tried several times again > but still the same error. I have 486/66 8MB Ram, ne2000 LAN card, > and 400MB IDE. > > What am I doing wrong? > How do I keep my old DOS partition? Think about it for a minute. You can't keep your old DOS partition if you want to specify *all* of the drive for FreeBSD. On the other side, you can't specify *all* of the drive for FreeBSD if you want to keep the DOS partition. Also, once you specify *all* of the drive for FreeBSD, you no longer have a DOS partition to load the distribution from. Instead, set up the DOS partition as you want it, with the distribution you want. Then, when you start the boot floppy and Novice install, select (C)reate new FBSD partition. Install will try to assign all *unassigned* space to your FreeBSD partition. Hit Enter to accept this and then go on from there. I hope this helps! Ken