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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!node2.frontiernet.net!news.his.com!news.walltech.com!hsnx.wco.com!news.wco.com!news From: "Jeffery T. White" <zellion@cyberwind.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: First boot after install, cant mount root Date: 11 Jan 1997 19:37:12 GMT Organization: CyberWind Lines: 8 Message-ID: <01bbfff7$73525080$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> References: <022c1bf9$ca8a6980$1a11f5cf@nilwill.pathcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: zellion.cyberwind.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33993 I had a similar problem. To fix it I ran fdisk and created a DOS partition. Then I ran install and deleted the partition creating the FreeBSD instead. Fixed it. Someone told me there is some problem with install if there is no preexisting DOS partition.... Jeff