From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 18 01:02:51 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 1BE7416A401 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:02:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from don.munyak@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7ED813C455 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:02:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from don.munyak@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so701043ika for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:02:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mz2O24JLh4SjPsJuDT8N5Fj0mmZc5m80nIrtzRppqv3onVtCDY6yfkRs8Eu2EXRV/4UxTBQ6IBm6jWUeF2O+BrqYN44tv7p6cQbZ95ZZIg1ucQUqEbtOdfgPhxpr2NxXtbCRlxZSGCtjfNOaxFqQZOgczmWMj4Kl72pwyYM1CGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IoLhU9Aw/RQXzjHOIOym9fsMP8+opcg0rJU//BpQgUuvVrLUx0NqcZRYIc/AXFuqwjoKvGlstMAneABen85cwDkt19koeyxErJoPAx8ZeL5dc0fK+ildizIf6t+Q8eVkNdLf/2uzMQlcTOO3qW+EMeATN43Pc5MzYpxJCpWHNzA= Received: by 10.114.205.1 with SMTP id c1mr1103553wag.1174179768495; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.43.12 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:02:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6207f7d90703171802q2f1c400es60f825163a5b929@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:02:48 -0400 From: "Don Munyak" To: "Minnesota Slinky" , "FreeBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <33720FBA-20B3-4E58-8353-A7B605753AD2@gmail.com> Cc: 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 01:02:51 -0000 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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