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From: ljz@asfast.com (Lloyd Zusman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing from my D: drive?
Date: 21 Mar 1997 03:22:30 GMT
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On 18 Mar 1997 16:18:29 GMT, Brian Somers <brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org> wrote:
> In article <slrn5it6bh.aoj.ljz@sunspot.tiac.net>,
> 	ljz@asfast.com (Lloyd Zusman) writes:
> > Is it possible to do a DOS-partition install of FreeBSD 2.2 from my D:
> > drive instead of my C: drive?  [ ... ]
> 
> I've never needed to do a DOS install, but if it's not possible to
> select which drive to use, you can always do it manually - I think.

I tried all your ideas, and sadly, none of them worked ... :(

> In desperation, try the following:
> 
> * Copy your files to D:\FREEBSD
> * Boot FreeBSD and select the "local filesystem" install.
> * Use /dist/freebsd as the install directory and make sure that
>   the release version (in the options menu) is set to "none"
> * When it fails, switch to the "emergency holographic shell" on ALT-F4
>   and type
> 
>     mount_msdos /dev/wd0s5 /dist

Well, mount_msdos doesn't exist in the EHS (emergency holographic
shell).

> * Switch back to the console (ALT-F1) and select the "commit" option.
> 
> I'm assuming that the mount_msdos program is available (must be - otherwise
> a DOS install wouldn't be possible) and that /dev/wd0s5 exists.  If it
> doesn't, you could try
> 
>     cd /dev
>     mknod wd0s5 b 0 0x00060002

And mknod doesn't exist in EHS, either.

> although that assumes that mknod exists (I'm not sure about this).  If
> it doesn't exist, you could try mounting DEVFS - again, I'm not sure
> if this is available in 2.2 (it's still beta in -current, so it's almost
> definitely not built into the kernel) with
> 
>     mount_devfs dev /mnt
> and
>     mount_msdos /mnt/wd0s5 /dist

And finally, mount_devfs is also non-existent in EHS.

But anyway, I do sincerely thank you for your suggestions.

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance.


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