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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:35:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spike Gronim <spork@cncn.com>
To:        satanix@earthlink.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hi! *PLEASE READ*
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421153452.227B-100000@pigstuy>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980420121416.483A-100000@satanix>

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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998 satanix@earthlink.net wrote:

> Hi there, and thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I have a
> major problem installing FreeBSD, and no one has been able to help me,
> I've asked hundreds of people and I either get a *shrug* or an "i have no
> clue". My problem is, when in the partition program, after making my
> FreeBSD slices, it names the device X,  not wda5. Therefore, later in the
> install process it fails to create the file system because there is no
> such thing as /dev/X. I have no idea why it is doing this, and you are my
> last resort. Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
>        
>                 Thank You,
>                        Zach
> 
> 
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I don't think it is probing your hardware properly. Please tell us EXACTLY
what hardware is in your machine.


	-Spike Gronim
	 spork@cncn.com	


		"Hacker, n: One who hacks real good"
			--Computer Contradictionary


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