Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev
Not that I blame the people behind FBSD. I am amazed that it's so robust. But of course, since I purchased this ASPIRE laptop (model 7741Z,) for FreeBSD I'd like to run that on it. So far, well, maybe Billy Gates has finally gotten his memory back, maybe he'll finally make something that works. 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 I've tried a few things, I can put OpenBSD up, works fine -- except as good as that system is, I need to run FBSD. I do development and research and everything I've done for the last decade is done under FBSD. So I guess I am really serious here, HELP. Oh, one more thing. I can install PC-BSD, that works. And I actually like that system, I just don't want all that overhead, it's pretty resource intensive. I just want my FreeBSD. The thing is, am I going to get it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev
On 20.09.2010 09:17, Henry Olyer wrote: Not that I blame the people behind FBSD. I am amazed that it's so robust. But of course, since I purchased this ASPIRE laptop (model 7741Z,) for FreeBSD I'd like to run that on it. So far, well, maybe Billy Gates has finally gotten his memory back, maybe he'll finally make something that works. 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 I've tried a few things, I can put OpenBSD up, works fine -- except as good as that system is, I need to run FBSD. I do development and research and everything I've done for the last decade is done under FBSD. So I guess I am really serious here, HELP. Oh, one more thing. I can install PC-BSD, that works. And I actually like that system, I just don't want all that overhead, it's pretty resource intensive. I just want my FreeBSD. The thing is, am I going to get it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Hi, any hints from the following posts ? http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=5288 http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2005-02/2448.html d ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to find device node for ./dev/ad4s1b in /dev
This morning I downloaded and burned the latest CD for 8.1. Then I took a brand new laptop, an ACER, model ASPIRE-7741Z-5731, and tried to install FreeBSD. (It had a copy of windoz on it. goodbye and good riddance.) My point is simple, this is about as vanilla as it gets. And I get the error, shown in the subject line. Not sure if this is important, but the ad4s1b partition is the SWAP partition. --jg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to find device node for ./dev/ad4s1b in /dev
On 18 sep 2010, at 22:15, Henry Olyer henry.ol...@gmail.com wrote: This morning I downloaded and burned the latest CD for 8.1. Then I took a brand new laptop, an ACER, model ASPIRE-7741Z-5731, and tried to install FreeBSD. (It had a copy of windoz on it. goodbye and good riddance.) My point is simple, this is about as vanilla as it gets. And I get the error, shown in the subject line. Not sure if this is important, but the ad4s1b partition is the SWAP partition. I lost data this way... And I'm quite happy (not for you) to see .I'm not the only one experiencing this phenomena. Peter --jg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev !
On Sun, 10 May 2009, James Phillips wrote: --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Saifi Khan saifi.k...@twincling.org wrote: From: Saifi Khan saifi.k...@twincling.org Subject: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev ! To: freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: Monday, May 11, 2009, 6:45 AM Hi all: Issue faced Installer on 'Commit' step shows Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted. I am missing some context, but for me ad4 refers to the first drive on an add-on card. (ad0,1 - Primary IDE controller, ad2,3 - Secondary IDE controller) handbook reference: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html (Rule out the situation described in: 2.6.1 BIOS Drive Numbering) Your hardware in newer than mine: you have only one PATA port and 2 SATA ports. While having your drive labeled as ad4 strikes me as weird, I don't have enough BSD experience to know if it is a symptom of a problem or not. (I know my drive is on ad4 because the on-board controllers are slower than my add-on card. After a BIOS update booting is no problem. (I initially tried to forcibly disable the on-board controller: now, I ignore it.)) Do you think you may have come across an installer bug? If so, I suspect we will need more information about exactly what you were trying to do. Regards, James Phillips System Intel Celeron M 1.6 GHz Intel 945GM board Mobile chipset apparently. 2GB DDR2 160GB SATA Seagate HDD SNIPPED Version 7.1 works, 8.0 does not Any pointers or workarounds ? Thank you for your kind reply. Thank you for the handbook reference, i did read the section. In fact, there is only one SATA HDD in my laptop. PCI information 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) 08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) I've got two identical Compaq Presario C300TU laptops - one running Gentoo Linux and other would run FreeBSD 8.0 (when it gets) Additionally, from the BIOS i've activated . Wireless Radio (Broadcom chipset) . Native SATA Controller . Realtek Netboot agent There is only ONE SATA Seagate HDD of 160GB in the system. Currently, i'm struggling to get the installation work from the Fixit# command line. Any suggestions ? thanks Saifi. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev !
Hi all: Issue faced Installer on 'Commit' step shows Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted. System Intel Celeron M 1.6 GHz Intel 945GM board 2GB DDR2 160GB SATA Seagate HDD i'm using FreeBSD 8.0 200905 i386 DVD to try and install the OS. Using the FreeBSD 7.1 DVD, i'm able to make the partition, define the slices and install a 'minimal' distribution set. However with FreeBSD 8.0 200905 snapshot i'm getting the above mentioned error. Any pointers or workarounds ? thanks Saifi. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
