Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:21:11 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: John S <techkrit@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation Prob Message-ID: <449150B7.8040009@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <986bb0590606142220i64dafc06x25666fcd4cdecda6@mail.gmail.com> References: <986bb0590606142220i64dafc06x25666fcd4cdecda6@mail.gmail.com>
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John S wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD on my machine which already has Windows > XP, SUSE Linux 10.1. > > After partitioning and selecting the installation packages; as soon as i > hit > the button to start install; it says "/dev/X" not found and aborted the > install. I am trying to install from CD. What is the problem? > > BTW this is the first time I am trying to install FreeeBSD or for that > matter any flavour of BSD. But I am ok with Linux installtions. Can you report the actual /dev/* it warns about? What kind of system is it? Also - you might try a FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE CD instead of -CURRENT, as -CURRENT is considered 'beta', and any -RELEASE should be stable. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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