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From: carloz@altavista.net
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Subject: DOS partition installation problem.
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>Number:         8603
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       DOS partition installation problem.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov  8 09:10:01 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Tue Jan 12 13:47:28 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Tue Jan 12 14:08:39 PST 1999
>Originator:     carloz h
>Release:        3.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
Inst. Tec. de Hermosillo
>Environment:
Windows 98 ix86
K5 100MHZ 32MB RAM

>Description:
 Hi. I want to know what to do if I'm installing from a DOS partition and the FreeBSD setup program says "Invalid argument" when trying to access the partition. I think the problem is some LFN of the files with termination ".mtree", because Windows truncates this to "BIN~1.MTR"; or maybe the partition I'm trying to access is a DOS extended.

 I also like to know what files I have to download from the FTP site to do a minimal install. I have already downloaded the "bin", "doc", "manpages", "proflibs", "dict", and "info" directories, but all of them has a ".mtree" file and windows truncates this name.
>How-To-Repeat:
 I have downloaded the "bin" dir, and the bin.mtree SFN is "BIN~1.MTR" (note that the LFN is still "bin.mtree").
>Fix:
 I have tried to edit the CHECKSUM.MD5 to match the bin.mtree SFN "BIN.~1.MTR" with the 'vi' editor and reinstalling but I receive the same error (Note that I'm using RedHat Linux 'vi' editor, not MS-DOS Editor). May be a partition problem or the directories in this partition.

Thanks!
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: rnordier 
State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 12 13:47:28 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
It isn't completely clear whether you are having problems with setup.exe, 
which runs on DOS, or with the FreeBSD sysinstall program, which starts 
from the boot floppy.  However, the setup.exe program is obsolete, and 
you should rather copy the distribution files into the required 
directories off 3.0-RELEASE by hand.  The .mtree files are not used in 
DOS install, so the truncation should not matter. 

The files you mention are sufficient for a minimal install, provided 
you also have a boot floppy. 

If you are still having problems with this, please ask for help on 
the freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list. 

-- 
Robert Nordier 
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