From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 18 14:41:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E741216A403 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:41:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [209.240.66.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF9513C465 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:41:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (hq.secure-computing.net [209.240.66.157]) (authenticated bits=0) by grog.secure-computing.net (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2IDmPY8038852 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:48:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) In-Reply-To: <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com> References: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com> <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Minnesota Slinky Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:41:16 -0500 To: Don Munyak X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: PowerApp 120/1550 Install problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:41:21 -0000 On Mar 17, 2007, at 8:02 PM, Don Munyak wrote: > On 3/17/07, Minnesota Slinky 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