On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 30/07/07, Rakhesh Sasidharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 ...
/dev/ad4 is probably his first SATA drive, the integer
following "s" is the slice number (partition in the magical
windows world) and if greater than 4 indicates an extended
slice.
I thought /dev/ad4s2b meant the 5th disk (since its ad4; ad0-ad3 being 1st
to 4th disks), 2nd slice (s2), and second partition in that slice (b). Do
SATA drives too come up as "ad" devices? I don't have experience with SATA
drives, so don't know ... I know my IDE drives come up as "ad" and so
would assume SATA will come up with a different name.
Regards,
Rakhesh
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