Re: freebsd 5.4 -R install error

From: Dmitry Mityugov (dmitry.mityugov_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/31/05

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To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com>

    On 7/31/05, Gary W. Swearingen <garys@opusnet.com> wrote:
    > A R <dr0id0@gmail.com> writes:
    >
    > > On install i get this error : Unable to find device node for
    > > /dev/ad0s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted
    >
    > It looks like it was trying to do something (swapon?) with the swap
    > device, but the "devfs" system never created a /dev/ad0s1b for it
    > because (I'm guessing) you never asked for one during the "disk
    > labeling" part of the install. Except that I'd be suprised if it
    > would let you out of the disk labeler without insisting upon a swap
    > device. (Not that one SHOULD be required.)

    It lets you do it just fine (last time I tried it was 5.3) 

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Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia
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