Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:47:04 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> To: James Fox <jlfox+@pitt.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAKEDEV and boot problems Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970130164136.12548B-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <MmwF1oO8XfYH0uGkw0@pitt.edu>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, James Fox wrote: > Howard, > > Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I don't know how to > do what you suggested (I tried) because the shell I am > dumped into upon failure is a "read-only" shell and won't > let me do anything. I'm reading the Guide now looking for > some way to get write access to the HD. > > My /dev directory contains sd1, sd1b, and sd1s1 but NOT sd1s1b! > > Do you know an easy way to get write access to the /dev directory? I suggested this because I did this same thing not long ago. But it was not on a scsi drive. In the shell I went to /dev and just ran the sh MAKDEV wd1s1e (I think for my ide drive)... It made all the necessary files, but then it choked and said it could not find the chown program. I halted and rebooted anyway, but things seem to work fine. You might want to try a similar thing on your scsi drive. I don't think you need any special permissions to do that. You might want to give it a try. > > Thanks, > --Jim Fox > > ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping
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