From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 14:14:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 321E6106566B for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF8AC8FC08 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so1652548gyg.13 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:14:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/oeHd06bWUW32B6xmgGa0Q8UXBZJeygiKrb4HmNXQrE=; b=Nv2E+E/nJZcerZreXYZAgO6TNdlPZCb3i1hmQTzd/GypOXKS2WQJVrXj/uy96HifII f6gz0agX+Eq12aSGgTHw+CfbrPqgY8NSuiO37YshCDdFOoGCPxce6jDprky59S36rrtm JFudN3e8jfo/7BMGS6eguJIzajygpRkp07lZI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=n7Y9hOK/feJQuxJt9sl3IUPsXrZZaDqIyDtcrTMXR31YZAruaAeA7OrDxZbVhX3pTV J2YDRi8UBGSSzcWYIcmZ+53nAElt8unr8Kg/MFmg3pUpl6jIFC11yXcrZgo3O94S7ndt QuBjRQ5YjmAIcI+RH+GryjY7w4LwEu17x+hhY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.1.19 with SMTP id d19mr9319101ani.72.1284990738709; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.11.133 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:52:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100920085609.00001391@unknown> References: <20100920085609.00001391@unknown> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:52:18 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: u9m8jrcABHYM-5e261hAQM-rFyg Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Bruce Cran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Henry Olyer , freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:14:07 -0000 On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > [moved to freebsd-sysinstall] > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:17:54 -0400 > Henry Olyer wrote: > >> This is what I know, I run the FBSD install program and immediately, >> as soon as the system attempts to do the necessary partitioning. >> That's when the failure occurs, with the complaint that: >> >> Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev > > That's a sysinstall error. Could you tell me what FreeBSD version you're > trying to install, what HDD you have and how you're trying to partition > it please? I'd be really interested in getting this replicated and > fixed! Some important questions: was this a clean disk? If not, what was it partitioned with previously, and in particular which OS/installer did you use to setup the disk? This seems vaguely reminiscent of the PCBSD gpt protective MBR scheme, where one needs to clear the first cylinder and last cylinder on the disk in order to partition with DOS style MBRS. Debug console output would help as well. Thanks, -Garrett