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Date:      06 Oct 2005 09:53:59 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        peter bailey <pblinux@internode.on.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation problem - "device node"
Message-ID:  <44y856zr7s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <1128521721.4438.5.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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peter bailey <pblinux@internode.on.net> writes:

> I am trying to install freebsd on a computer with 2 hard disks.  This
> message comes up when it tries to start creating the file system:
> "Unable to find device node for /dev/X in /dev".  Install then fails.  

That kind of depends on what "X" is.
If you mean literally "/dev/X" then I'm thoroughly confused also.  
But I suspect that X is a disk drive device.  Which one, and what kind
of hardware you use, is important.

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