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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:56:09 +0100
From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev
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[moved to freebsd-sysinstall]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:17:54 -0400
Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is what I know, I run the FBSD install program and immediately,
> as soon as the system attempts to do the necessary partitioning.
> That's when the failure occurs, with the complaint that:
> 
> Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev

That's a sysinstall error. Could you tell me what FreeBSD version you're
trying to install, what HDD you have and how you're trying to partition
it please? I'd be really interested in getting this replicated and
fixed!

-- 
Bruce Cran