re post # 27 in this thread...
(Not enough /dev entries?)
I found more /dev entries were shown
if geom_bsd.ko, geom_mbr.ko , and
geom_label.ko were loaded. (_v8)
Someone might post here on how to load them
at the boot prompt, or if putting them in
/boot/loader.conf would allow the
boot to proceed from the initial menu...
/edit:/
The "not enough entries" may be related to the problems I had
installing an iso _v8 daily snapshot onto a pci-sata disk. (I
was still running v7, but it might not have mattered, the
CD was running IIRC.) If I had known the syntax below: "load..."
that might have solved it. (One screen in sysinstall showed no
devices at the top of the screen despite /dev/ad10 or /dev/da10 having
BSD filesystems (165) on it already via the shareware BootIt.).
And to-disk operations errored out with, "no devices found for..."
or something. Maybe the info in this thread could fix that type
of problem in _8 or _9 if it is not fixed already...