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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing from my D: drive?
Date: 18 Mar 1997 16:18:29 GMT
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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? The D: drive is on the same physical
> disk as C:, but in a different partition. I would like to create a
> D:\FreeBSD directory with the distribution and then start up the boot
> diskette, but I don't know how to make this work.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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.
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
* 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
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
Good luck !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !