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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:37:40 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.x 200902 snapshot Unable to find device node
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903260219580.7771@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903260200020.7728@localhost>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Saifi Khan wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> Trying to install FreeBSD 8.x 200902 snapshot from a DVD media
> on a i386 box and i encounter this error dialog after selecting
> distribution set.
> 
> "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s2b in /dev!
>  The creation of filesystems will be aborted"
> 
> Any suggestions on a possible workaround ?
> 

The disk is 160GB SATA disk with two slices
slice1 : 35G : OpenBSD (166)
slice2 : 45G : FreeBSD (165)

(Weird) the above mentioned error is only encountered if FreeBSD
is the second slice. What could be the reason ? All pointers are
welcome.


thanks
Saifi.



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