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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting DOS drives antics
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 14:29:46 -0800
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JF wrote:
> If you can mount DOS drives, can you do it in installation? I am trying
> to install FreeBSD, but whenever I do, in the FreeBSD install's "FDISK",
> I have to delete the DOS partition to make the FreeBSD partition, and
> then it says "cannot find distributions: bin, manpages" etc. but they
> were on my DOS partition. I have also tried making an extended DOS

1. Load gun.
2. Aim.
3. Shoot foot.

What did you expect? :-)

You need more disk space, pretty clearly.  That or make a smaller DOS
partition.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project