Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:31:09 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: Terrence Wilson <tjw43@drexel.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem Message-ID: <20070731082755.L40009@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0707301140n251efd72i384f49f4d9f2ea4@mail.gmail.com> References: <5751445.1185759689310.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> <20070730100844.M99888@scrat.home.rakhesh.com> <d7195cff0707301140n251efd72i384f49f4d9f2ea4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 30/07/07, Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> 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. I thought /dev/ad4s2b meant the 5th disk (since its ad4; ad0-ad3 being 1st to 4th disks), 2nd slice (s2), and second partition in that slice (b). Do SATA drives too come up as "ad" devices? I don't have experience with SATA drives, so don't know ... I know my IDE drives come up as "ad" and so would assume SATA will come up with a different name. Regards, Rakhesh
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