Re: cannot create partition entries for /dev/ad3

If you read the early adopters doc at:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html

You will se it clearly says:
"MAKEDEV is no longer available, nor is it required. FreeBSD 5.X uses a 
device filesystem, which automatically creates device nodes on demand. For 
more information, please see 
<http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devfs&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-release>devfs(5)."

Any new version of an OS, particularly a free one, as FreeBSD is, will have 
issues.  Particularly with the recent rapidity of new hardware, SATA 
drives, SATA card, RAID cards, etc.

There are places to "purchase" copies of FreeBSD other than CompUSA where 
you can get 4.X or 5.X versions.  Or you can download and burn your own 
CD's.  You sound upset that you bought FreeBSD, if you are be upset perhaps 
you should be with CompUSA who made the money off the sale.

         -Derek


At 04:05 AM 10/8/2003 -0700, ecsd wrote:
>Given that FreeBSD 5.1 is on the shelf in a box at CompUSA for sale to the
>general public, I think the proper thing to do is address the matter of
>documenting the revised operation of the devices in 5.X, rather than tell
>people to downgrade if they don't understand the behavior of their system,
>besides which FreeBSD 4.8 or 4.9 are not for sale at CompUSA as a consolation.
>I did ask to know what documentation there is for the new behavior, but I have
>not heard any replies. If there isn't any documentation, that's an answer too.
>
>-ecsd
>
>Poul-Henning Kamp writes:
>>In message <3F8279C5.9070300_at_ecsd.com>, ecsd writes:
>>>MAKEDEV was the cheese since year zero. [...]
>>I suggest you stick with 4-stable until you have caught up with
>>the changes and the documentation.
>
>
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