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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:08:56 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 8.x 200902 snapshot Unable to find device node
Message-ID:  <200903261609.03160.darius@dons.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903260200020.7728@localhost>
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Moved to -stable since 6.x is -stable.

On Thursday 26 March 2009 12:32:08 Saifi Khan wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Trying to install FreeBSD 6.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/ad4/s2b in /dev!
>  The creation of filesystems will be aborted"

Why is it /dev/ad4/s2b?
Shouldn't it be /dev/ad4s2b?

Or is that extra '/' a typo?

If you open the emergency holographic shell, what does echo /dev/ad4* say?

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