Sysinstall error: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev

I was trying to replace a FreeBSD 9.0 installation with a FreeBSD 8.3 installation when I got the error message:

Code:
"Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev"

A quick Google turned up this link: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=23947
so I ran DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) and that fixed things.

However, even though this problem is 'solved' I'm sure someone here can come up with a simpler, more elegant, solution, perhaps using the 'Fixit' mode of the install media.
 
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