Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:44:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: steve <s.umusu@cableinet.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061343320.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000701bdc011$8567eec0$959175c2@elric>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, steve wrote: > I am trying to install BSD v 2.2.2 from a CD. You're about 3 versions old, BTW... > I've created a bootable floppy and configured the Kernel. > and gone through all the other parts of the installation, > but as soon as I select ok to install i get the following error message > > Unable to make device node for /dev/X in dev! > > The thing I have managed to install freeBSD previously before my hard > drive corrupted this has since been replaced with one, of exactly the > same model and type and I never got this error message before Did you wipe out the old partition completely? Remnants of the old partition could be confusing sysinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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