Subject: Re: Problems with instalation
To: Backb0ne <backb0ne@start.com.au>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/21/1999 01:11:10
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Backb0ne wrote:

> Hi, i am installing NetBSD 1.4, from my hard disk under Windows 98
> (fat16). i can make the netbsd partition and disk labeling without
> problems but when i select on "Instalation from an unmounted
> filesystem" and sysinst asks me for the "Device", "Filesystem" and
> "directory", i donīt really know what to answer. I tried wd0a, msdos
> and / and that did not worked. i have all the files tgz and chksum in
> C:\

I think the "...unmounted filesystem" doesn't work for dos. What you can
do is escape to the shell (Utility->Escape to Shell), mount it by hand,
e.g. "mkdir /dos; mount -t msdos /dev/wd0e /dos; exit", then resume the
install from a _mounted_ filesystem (in this case, /dos).