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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!netcom.net.uk!ix.netcom.com!news From: rlee11@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Having Problems Installing From DOS partition. Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 06:37:42 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4pdr81$3bb@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mvo-ca8-18.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Jun 09 1:33:37 AM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 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?