From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 15 22:01:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD061065695; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2D58FC23; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBFM1r5R040422; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 GMT (envelope-from gavin@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gavin@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBFM1rNK040418; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 GMT (envelope-from gavin) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 GMT Message-Id: <200912152201.nBFM1rNK040418@freefall.freebsd.org> To: thowe@bendtel.net, gavin@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, gavin@FreeBSD.org From: gavin@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: misc/141652: 8.0 install fails from USB memstick because /dev/da0s1b is missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:01:53 -0000 Synopsis: 8.0 install fails from USB memstick because /dev/da0s1b is missing State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: gavin State-Changed-When: Tue Dec 15 21:58:23 UTC 2009 State-Changed-Why: To submitter: are you trying to install over a previous install of FreeBSD, and if so, was that install done using the "dangerously dedicated" option originally? If so, please see PR bin/140900. If that is not the case, can you give a little more detail about exactly how you have got to this point? Quite a few people have used the memstick image with success, so it'd be useful to try to determine what you are doing differently. For example, are you adding a swap partition while setting up the disk partitions, or not? Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->gavin Responsible-Changed-By: gavin Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Dec 15 21:58:23 UTC 2009 Responsible-Changed-Why: Track http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=141652