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Date:      Sat, 01 Jun 96 12:54:46 -0400
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <reyes01@ibm.net>
To:        "FreeBSD questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Unable to swap to /dev/wd01b. Device not configured
Message-ID:  <199606011655.QAA53546@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>

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I am trying to install FreeBSD at work.
After I select the automatic to decide the sizes for the partitions
I select "Write" and it goes through. After I quit and the install
program tries to prepare the partitions I get:

Unable to swap to /dev/wd01b. Device not configured.
and 
Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rwd0a. Command returned
status 1.

I took the boot floppy and rebooted. The computer booted Freebsd, but
it was asking for a kernel. The drive is a 200MB (don't know the model)
on a compaq computer.

Moreover what is better to select the "whole drive" or the "compatible
with other OS" modes in the first installation part? I am only going
to have FreeBsd in this computer so I selected "whole drive" for
FreeBSD and it gave a warning that I didn't understand.




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