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Date:      Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:57:30 -0700
From:      "Mike Todd" <MikeTodd@miketodd.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Install failure on HP Pavilion 310n
Message-ID:  <01d701c218f0$e9c0cea0$02a8a8c0@mt500>

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This has happened on both FreeBSD 4.4 and 4.6 installation:

Hardware: HP Pavilion 310n, 1.2 Ghz Celeron, 512 M memory, 40 G HD

Software:  A Partition Magic Boot partition (FAT), HP Restore partition, and
a Windows XP partition are on the drive and working correctly.

Installing FreeBSD from bootable CD.

After booting from the CD, performing the Fdisk operations, selecting a
Standard installation (Developer), No boot sector changes, and committing to
the install, the following message is displayed and the install fails:

"Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! The creation of filesystem
will be aborted."

No different Fdisk configurations (ie. creating /dev slice, creating /var
and /usr and other slices) or install selections (ie. User only - no
developer selections) gets past this point.

Anyone have an idea of what may be causing this problem?

Mike Todd
President, Mike Todd Associates www.MikeTodd.com
Supporting the Digital Coast

President, Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter www.ISOC-LosAngeles.org

Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law
Pepperdine University Law School

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