On 7/25/05, Jesus Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have the following issue: > > Once I've chosen in the sysinstall main menu: > 1- Standart Installation > 2- ad0 as selected drive. > 3- I've deleted the current partitions there and created a new one for > Freebsd using "Use Entire Disk". But I have to click S to define this > slice as ACTIVE partition and that's it. Click Q. > 4- I use "Fdisk Partition Using Entire Disk" I click "A" as default > partition. Click Q. > 5- I select Standar like Boot Manager for drive ad0. > 6- For Choose Distribution, I choose ALL. > 7- For Choose Media, I choose CD/DVD. > 8- And after I got the following warning: > > User Confirmation Requested > Last Chance! Are you SURE you want to continue the installation? > If you're running this on a disk with data you wish to save then WE > STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE PROPER BACKUPS before proceeding! > We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! > [ Yes ] No > > 9- I chose, YES, and I've always gotten the following message. > > [ Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev > Creation of filesystem will be aborted ] > > 10- I've tried a lot alternatives, but without luck!!
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