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. -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
