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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!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!news.gte.com!news-in.tiac.net!posterchild!ljz 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 Organization: As Fast Lines: 57 Message-ID: <slrn5j3vna.6i2.ljz@sunspot.tiac.net> References: <slrn5it6bh.aoj.ljz@sunspot.tiac.net> <5gmf8l$icd@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> Reply-To: ljz@asfast.com (Lloyd Zusman) NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.tiac.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37418 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. -- Lloyd Zusman 01234567 <-- The world famous Indent-o-Meter. ljz@asfast.com ^ Indent or be indented.