Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 13:13:00 +1000 From: obituary <c9710216@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> To: Pedro Leitao <pete@jeeves.poopie.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAKEDEV Message-ID: <379A80BC.9412A91B@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907241441230.11640-100000@jeeves.poopie.net>
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Pedro Leitao wrote: > > I just added a new scsi backup tape drive on my server. > I compiled the kernel, and the scsi card and tape drive now show > up on startup as ahc0(card) and sa0(drive). > > I want to use that drive, but the device sa0 doesn't show in /dev. > I am trying to make it with ./MAKEDEV sa0, but that just doesn't work. > When I run ./MAKEDEV sa0 , it looks like it runs, but the sa0 device > doesn't show in /dev/ > > How do I make the backup tape drive device so that I can use it? > > thanx in advance for any help.. Looking at the MAKEDEV script, I think the device(s) it created for you were raw devices. Do an "ls -al /dev/rsa*" and see what turns up. It'll probably be /dev/rsa0 that you'll want to use. -jake (obituary) Powered by FreeBSD c9710216@atlas.newcastle.edu.au http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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