Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 05:17:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Rohit Panda <prohit99@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: hi Message-ID: <20010827121733.64346.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com>
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--0-1667028626-998914653=:64175 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii hi peter, iam stuck in a problem.its while using sysinstall after i do the partitioning and other things when i try to install from a ftp site through a HTTP proxy.then i set the parameters in the network configuration window.but just when i press ok after that it gives error messages , 1.unable to create device node /dev/x in /dev! the creation of filesystems will be aborted.T Then i press ok(as i have no other option) 2.couldn't create filesystems properly.aborting.then i press ok(as i have no other option) 3.Installation completed with some errors .......... i am not getting what the problem is.Now iam downloading the whole bin directory from the ftp site and trying to install from an msdos partition.Will the bin directory alone be sufficient or will i need some other directories to have FreeBSD function properly.i dont require the src,man,docs ,games,info,xf86336 directories iam sure.because i know what they do.but directories like ports,proflibs,tools,packages,crypto,compat*.* etc.i mean r they really required.i just want to have mainly the networking part working.any suggessions will be highly appreciated. thanx rohit --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. --0-1667028626-998914653=:64175 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>hi peter,</P> <P> iam stuck in a problem.its while using sysinstall after i do the partitioning and other things when i try to install from a ftp site through a HTTP proxy.then i set the parameters in the network configuration window.but just when i press ok after that it gives error messages ,</P> <P>1.unable to create device node /dev/x in /dev!</P> <P> the creation of filesystems will be aborted.T</P> <P>Then i press ok(as i have no other option)</P> <P>2.couldn't create filesystems properly.aborting.then i press ok(as i have no other option)</P> <P>3.Installation completed with some errors ..........</P> <P>i am not getting what the problem is.Now iam downloading the whole bin directory from the ftp site and trying to install from an msdos partition.Will the bin directory alone be sufficient or will i need some other directories to have FreeBSD function properly.i dont require the src,man,docs ,games,info,xf86336 directories iam sure.because i know what they do.but directories like ports,proflibs,tools,packages,crypto,compat*.* etc.i mean r they really required.i just want to have mainly the networking part working.any suggessions will be highly appreciated.</P> <P>thanx</P> <P>rohit</P><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Make <a href="http://phonecard.yahoo.com/">international calls</a> for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. --0-1667028626-998914653=:64175-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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