Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:41:16 -0500 From: Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Don Munyak <don.munyak@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PowerApp 120/1550 Install problems Message-ID: <EAC65A50-3486-4BFF-BC4F-5A7C285D79EF@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com> References: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com> <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 17, 2007, at 8:02 PM, Don Munyak wrote: > On 3/17/07, Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey list, >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a Dell PowerApp 120 >> (1550) I just purchased. The system claims to have an AIC 7899 SCSI >> host adapter. I've currently got a known-good 9GB Fujitsu hard disk >> in the system, as ID 0. During installation, the disk comes up as >> da0. After going through all the options for install, etc, I get an >> error when it tries to write the file systems: >> >> "Unable to find device node for /dev/da0s1b in /dev!" and mentions >> that installation is aborting. At first I thought it was a problem >> with the SCSI backplane, but RHEL and Window 2000 Server both install >> and operate without problems. >> >> Thanks for your advice! >> >> Eric Crist > > Don't know the answer, but have a suggestion. > > How about getting a live cd to boot from and then query /var/log for > hardware spec's > > Don Thanks for the answer Don, but I finally figured it out. Apparently the drive I had wasn't negotiating the right speed with the backplane. When I manually clocked it down, everything works great. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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