Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:02:48 -0400 From: "Don Munyak" <don.munyak@gmail.com> To: "Minnesota Slinky" <mnslinky@gmail.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PowerApp 120/1550 Install problems Message-ID: <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com> References: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com>
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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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > 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
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