From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun May 13 11:40: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CF137B424 for ; Sun, 13 May 2001 11:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4DIe1Z26413; Sun, 13 May 2001 11:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEBE37B42C for ; Sun, 13 May 2001 11:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4DIYW326187; Sun, 13 May 2001 11:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200105131834.f4DIYW326187@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:34:32 -0700 (PDT) From: anedah-9@sm.luth.se To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: misc/27303: Error during Commit: Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 27303 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Error during Commit: Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun May 13 11:40:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: André Dahlqvist >Release: 4.3-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: The problem appeared during setup, so 'uname -a' output can not be provided. >Description: First of all, fdisk detects the right geometry of my hard drive. I checked that against my BIOS settings, and they matched. The problem I have ran into shows itself during step 7 in the installation, when I am to commit the changes. The error message that pops up is: "Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! The problem shows even if I choose the default settings in the Label Editor. Like I said, the error is displayed when performing the Commit step, but it can also be reproduced by pressing 'W' in the Label Editor after creating the labels. I already have several EXT2 partitions on this box, and this is what 'df' on the Linux box shows: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 280005 13907 251642 6% / /dev/hda2 4806936 256584 4306164 6% /usr /dev/hda3 964532 38088 877448 5% /var /dev/hda5 19140172 6235288 11932552 35% /home I should add that pressing 'W' in FDISK works, only doing the same thing in Label Editor fails, and also letting both things happen at the same time during the Commit step fails. Another thing that might be worth mentioning: I noticed that even after writing out the changes in FDISK, and getting a message that it was done successfully, the changes to the partition table have vanished if I press 'Ctrl+alt+del' and choose to restart the installation. Is the partition perhaps not saved properly to disk, even though the installation program says it it? I also tried installing FreeBSD 4.2, and the same problem showed up. Let me know if I can provide more information that can help track this down. >How-To-Repeat: The problem is 100% reproducable with my setup, and I assume that having the other EXT2 partions already on the disk might be important to reproduce it. All I need to do to reproduce it is to go though a Standard setup, and choosing the default labels in Label Editor. Then continue with the installation, and when you reach step seven the error message will be displayed. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message