From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 26 21:45:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from cyberfrg.access.one.net (cyberfrg.access.one.net [216.23.8.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2841937BB56 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:45:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from x11@cyberfrg.access.one.net) Received: (from x11@localhost) by cyberfrg.access.one.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA12947; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:56:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from x11) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:56:22 -0500 From: Mark Shirley To: Max Kool , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help, please. Message-ID: <19990327005622.A12729@cyberfrg.access.one.net> Reply-To: mark@entropynet.com References: <3.0.6.32.20000321202021.00992b10@pop3.hannover.sgh-net.de> <20000327035123.83452.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000327035123.83452.qmail@hotmail.com>; from koolmax@hotmail.com on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 07:25:10PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i'm sure he ment 1.1 gig and non 1.1 meg On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 07:25:10PM +0300, Max Kool wrote: > > I own an IBM Thinkpad Aptiva with a 400 P2 and 64 MB ram. > > There is 1.1 MB free space on which I'd like to install > > FreeBSD 3.4, version Jan 2000. > > > > I tried to install from CD. Everything went fine (suggested kernel), > > incl. the (A) auto selection of directory sizes when, after the last > > 'ok', I received the following error message: > > > > 1. unable to make device node for /dev/x in /dev! > > 2. couldn't make filesytem properly. aborted. > > > > I understand that I can't install FreeBSD on my computer. > > But, being a newbie, I don't undertsand the meaning of the message. > > > > Could someone explain, please ? > > Alf > > You cannot install FreeBSD on 1 MB of HD space!!! > > > > Max > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > -- "Minister, I have met Cartagia three times before, twice when he was an infant. He drooled most of the time. I wonder if he has continued the habit. And again when he was fifteen trying to peek up the dress of some young women. I promise you, I will be just as impressed by him now as I was then." -- Londo, "The Hour of the Wolf" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message