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#! rnews 1248 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!bigboote.WPI.EDU!news3.near.net!yale!news-mail-gateway!daemon From: Grant.Lewis@sims.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installing from an extended DOS partition - possible Date: 7 Jan 1996 22:50:05 -0500 Organization: Yale CS Mail/News Gateway Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@cs.yale.edu Message-ID: <199601080350.WAA19112@sloth.sims.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: babyblue.cs.yale.edu I want to know if it's possible to install freebsd from an extended DOS partition. I have created the boot floppy, downloaded the bin and floppies subdirectories from ftp.freebsd.org and tried to install using the automated install script that you are presented with after completion of the boot. I created a freebsd partition and used the auto option to create the slices. After selecting install from an MSDOS partition from the option menu, sysinstall tells me I must assign disk labels before I can proceed with the installation. How do I go about completing the install. Email repiles appreciated as my ISP doesn't carry this group on their news server currently. Grant Lewis