> > i do see some reference to similar problem report in > some bsd related mailing archive. but there is no > solution mentioned. > > could somebody help me out ? > > thanks > sajith > > ------------------------------------------- > my disk has the following geometry: > 9729 cyl/255 head/64 sectors > > when i used fdisk from linux, i got a warning that > cyl is > 1024 which may not work correctly with > fdisk of win and os/2. is this the case with freebsd ? > > thanks > sajith > > ---------------- > i did create the slices using default option (A) > and partions using default option (A). > > now i see the following problem: > > "mounting error /mnt/dev/ad0s1f on /mnt/usr : > Input/output error"
Did /dev move to /mnt/dev in 5.xxx? I haven't started moving to 5.xxx yet, but in old times I would expect to see mount /dev/ad0s1f /mnt/usr or whatever. ////jerry > > i think it is the problem with the disk geometry > i don't know what. i have a 80GB disk, and i tried > changing the mode from LBA to NORMAL to LARGE in the > BIOS setting but it didn't help. /usr is the the > last partition in the default list of partiontions. > > thanks in advance for your time > > > --- Lowell Gilbert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sajith K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > When I tried to install freebsd 5.3 in a PIII > > machine > > > with 80GB hard disk I get the following error: > > > > > > "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in > > /dev!" > > > "The creation of filesystems will be aborted" > > > > > > Could some one help me out ? > > > > Sounds like you forgot to allocate (and commit) the > > slices before you > > tried to create the partitions... > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"