misc/140900: sysinstall problems

[Kostas Kanavidis]

>Number:         140900
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinstall problems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 26 14:40:10 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kostas Kanavidis
>Release:        8.0 all beta, all RC and release
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Sometimes while attemting to install from FreeBSD CD I get the following error:

"Unable to make device node for /dev/da0s1a in /dev!
The creation of filesystems will be aborted."

I haven't been able to understand under which conditions the error occurs, but it occurs more often when using dedicate mode. It definetely does not occur on 7.2-RELEASE.

Please excuse me if this information is not sufficient, this is my first bug report. Do not hesitate to contact me for more details.

Thank you
Kostas Kanavidis

>How-To-Repeat:
Sysinstall steps to reproduce the error (does not happen always, it appears to have some relationship with previous install attempts on the same disk):

Standard install
a (Use Entire Disk)
q
Standard (install a standard MBR)
c (Create partition)
[ENTER] default size (all disk)
FS (A file system)
/ (Mount point)
q
Minimal Distribution
CD/DVD
YES (User Confirmation)
YES (Swap file warning)

>Fix:


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