From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 30 18:40:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED26D16A46B for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8108013C48D for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b27so235105fka for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:40:19 -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:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=araKfKIeUNLwNHxBxi84dgZJnH1p1OHaWfHPmRr3wpi04Hg0AHIIzk2hXTrZrCpUSdtGhezdUAoea2bBrcdWHon20fBhfpNpL7EIXenevKWes51amDWI9qsquQUJsdzIoPE7LEtJtTaqYR2Xkbg5dFX+OuMGnn3XDZ31fsa2qV8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pDwwC4tAXWSY7f3VIzOTcgg5+n67sFZCMOAtZ97TVxMklWc+VI/esrvZ/o5eMW1zjgonPQ3VeiYWtIG2i1is0X2JAIrrCGawlO3l82MdXECJsdB5A/CE+1jwMO+CikaxCQ8MzTwxl4G5ttnFUIWiRzvgUF4DTX+r0/TKd9ge5YQ= Received: by 10.82.112.16 with SMTP id k16mr4745240buc.1185820819041; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.185.5 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:40:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:40:18 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: "Rakhesh Sasidharan" In-Reply-To: <20070730100844.M99888@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5751445.1185759689310.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> <20070730100844.M99888@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> Cc: Terrence Wilson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem 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: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:40:21 -0000 On 30/07/07, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Terrence Wilson wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD as part of a dual boot config on a hard > > disk which already contains Windows XP. I have created a partition for > > FreeBSD. My problem comes once I "commit" to the installation of > > FreeBSD. I get the following message, after which installation aborts: > > "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s2b in /dev! The creation of > > filesystems will be aborted." What am I doing wrong? > > Are you trying to install FreeBSD in an extended partition? The > /dev/ad*4*s2b makes me think so ... /dev/ad4 is probably his first SATA drive, the integer following "s" is the slice number (partition in the magical windows world) and if greater than 4 indicates an extended slice. -- --