From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 4 18:31:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA07715 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:31:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jaguars.cableinet.net (jaguars-int.cableinet.net [193.38.113.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA07705 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:31:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from s.umusu@cableinet.co.uk) Received: (qmail 405 invoked from network); 5 Aug 1998 00:22:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO elric) (194.117.145.149) by jaguars with SMTP; 5 Aug 1998 00:22:42 -0000 Message-ID: <000701bdc011$8567eec0$959175c2@elric> From: "steve" To: Subject: installation problems Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 02:36:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDC019.E66A8D60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDC019.E66A8D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am trying to install BSD v 2.2.2 from a CD. I've created a bootable floppy and configured the Kernel. and gone through all the other parts of the installation, but as soon as I select ok to install i get the following error message Unable to make device node for /dev/X in dev! The thing I have managed to install freeBSD previously before my hard = drive corrupted this has since been replaced with one, of exactly the = same model and type and I never got this error message before Can you help?? steve ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDC019.E66A8D60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am trying to install BSD v 2.2.2 = from a=20 CD.

I've created a bootable floppy = and=20 configured the Kernel.

and gone through all the other parts of the=20 installation,

but as soon as I select ok to install i get the = following=20 error message

Unable to make device node for /dev/X in = dev!

The thing I = have managed to=20 install freeBSD previously before my hard drive corrupted this has since = been=20 replaced with one, of exactly the same model and type and I never got = this error=20 message before

Can you help??

steve

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