"unable to find device node for /dev/x in /dev!" during install

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02-02-2004, 02:38 AM	#1
zombiedeth Member Registered: Nov 2003 Distribution: fedora core 1, freebsd 5.2, win98se Posts: 31 Rep:	"unable to find device node for /dev/x in /dev!" during install hey all, decided to give freebsd 5.2 a try, everything runs smoothly untill after i select what packages i want to install in sysinstall. once it goes to write my new partitions it prints: unable to find device node for /dev/x in /dev! the creation of filesystems will be aborted any ideas? thanks inadvance

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