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Date:      Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:25:10 +0300
From:      "Max Kool" <koolmax@hotmail.com>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>, "Alfred Breull" <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Subject:   Re: Help, please.
Message-ID:  <20000327035123.83452.qmail@hotmail.com>
References:  <3.0.6.32.20000321202021.00992b10@pop3.hannover.sgh-net.de>

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> I own an IBM Thinkpad Aptiva with a 400 P2 and 64 MB ram.
> There is 1.1 MB free space on which I'd like to install
> FreeBSD 3.4, version Jan 2000.
> 
> I tried to install from CD. Everything went fine (suggested kernel),
> incl. the (A) auto selection of directory sizes when, after the last
> 'ok', I received the following error message:
> 
> 1.  unable to make device node for /dev/x in /dev!
> 2.  couldn't make filesytem properly. aborted.
> 
> I understand that I can't install FreeBSD on my computer.
> But, being a newbie, I don't undertsand the meaning of the message.
> 
> Could someone explain, please ?
> Alf

You cannot install FreeBSD on 1 MB of HD space!!!



Max



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