Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Dahlqvist <anedah-9@sm.luth.se> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/27303: Error during Commit: Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! Message-ID: <200105131920.f4DJK2J30805@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/27303; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9?= Dahlqvist <anedah-9@sm.luth.se> To: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: misc/27303: Error during Commit: Unable to make device node for /dev/X in /dev! Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 21:11:37 +0200 Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> wrote: > - You are not trying to install FreeBSD onto an extended partition, are > you. That will not work. FreeBSD wants a primary partition. Guilty as charged. All my primary partions are taken with Linux partitions, so an extended partition was all I had. Shouldn't FreeBSD warn you about this though? At least if you set this partition bootable... Thanks for your quick help! > - Also you should be aware that your root (/) parition should go before the > 1024th cylinder on your hdd or you may have problems booting. But that > comes later:-) I was planning on using LILO to boot FreeBSD too, like I boot linux. -- André Dahlqvist <anedah-9@sm.luth.se> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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