Weird issues with fdisk/dd

[Joe Holden]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     What are you running, the 1.8 release or 1.9 development?  There are
>     some very major differences in how storage is handled between the two.
>     It kinda looks like you are running 1.9.
> 
I am indeed running 1.9.
> 
>     For 1.9 you are going to have to regenerate all your devices in
>     /dev.
> 
>     cd /dev
>     rm ad*
>     ./MAKEDEV ad0
>     ./MAKEDEV ad1
>     ./MAKEDEV ad2
>     etc...
> 
I have done the above, presumably a reboot was needed so I have done that
also, however i'm still getting the same messages.

Is there anything else I can try, or am I being completely stupid?

Thanks for the prompt response!

Regards,
Joe