From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 15 12:21:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD1916A479 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:21:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E4743D49 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:21:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k5FCL0rm024128; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:21:00 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <449150B7.8040009@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:21:11 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060612) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John S References: <986bb0590606142220i64dafc06x25666fcd4cdecda6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <986bb0590606142220i64dafc06x25666fcd4cdecda6@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1539/Wed Jun 14 09:21:49 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 Installation Prob X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:21:01 -0000 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------