Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:10:24 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Terrence Wilson <tjw43@drexel.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem Message-ID: <20070730100844.M99888@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <5751445.1185759689310.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> References: <5751445.1185759689310.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu>
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Terrence Wilson wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD as part of a dual boot config on a hard > disk which already contains Windows XP. I have created a partition for > FreeBSD. My problem comes once I "commit" to the installation of > FreeBSD. I get the following message, after which installation aborts: > "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s2b in /dev! The creation of > filesystems will be aborted." What am I doing wrong? Are you trying to install FreeBSD in an extended partition? The /dev/ad*4*s2b makes me think so ... If yes, that won't work. You have to install FreeBSD in a primary partition. Regards, Rakhesh
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