Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 06:22:39 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/null Message-ID: <20011228052239.GA12190@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011227181704.C479-100000@stereophonic.noops.org> References: <3C2BD195.8090200@crcom.net> <20011227181704.C479-100000@stereophonic.noops.org>
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 06:19:19PM -0800, Thomas Cannon wrote: > > You can use /dev/MAKEDEV (As was already posted), or just do it by hand > with: > > cd /dev ; mknod dev c 2 2 root:wheel ; chmod 666 dev > > MAKEDEV is easier, but knowing how to do it manually might not be bad to > know. > > -tcannon > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Ty Purcell wrote: > > > > > Somehow I have written over /dev/null... > > The above is the right way to do it IMHO, remaking all the devices just because one has gone AWOL sounds like a Redmond solution to me :) I am marginally curious how on earth you overwrote /dev/null, I mean you cannot "ovewrite" it, something must have deleted it first. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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