Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 02:36:50 +0100 From: "steve" <s.umusu@cableinet.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: installation problems Message-ID: <000701bdc011$8567eec0$959175c2@elric>
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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 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I am trying to install BSD v 2.2.2 = from a=20 CD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> I've created a bootable floppy = and=20 configured the Kernel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>and gone through all the other parts of the=20 installation,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>but as soon as I select ok to install i get the = following=20 error message</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Unable to make device node for /dev/X in = dev!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>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</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Can you help??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>steve</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDC019.E66A8D60-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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