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From: Brian O'Neill <oneill@cs.uml.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot install: "Device not configured"
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 19:27:52 -0500
Organization: UMass Lowell
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> Brian 'Doc' O'Neill <oneill@cs.uml.edu> writes:
> 
> >  First when adding the swap
> > partition, it claimed "Device not configured". Then, when trying to
> > create the root partition, it failed with a return code of "1"...can
> > anybody clue me in on this?
> 
> Which device is not configured?  What are the boot messages?
>

Well, it wasn't a boot problem, it was an install problem. However, 
Jordan helped, telling me not to write out the configuration, which I 
was doing.
 
> > On the side, we got a 3COM PCI Ethernet marked "3C590"...is this
> > compatible with the 3C509?
> 
> It ain't.  It's the ``Vortex'' device, covered by the `vx' driver in
> FreeBSD-current.
> 

Yup, I'm going to see what kind of luck I have bringing in that 
driver... :^)


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