Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:22:51 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Adam Crosby <acrosby@nps.k12.va.us> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs and disklabeling Message-ID: <20020416212251.A35403@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <scbc3a33.034@mail.nps.k12.va.us>; from acrosby@nps.k12.va.us on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 02:50:13PM -0400 References: <scbc3a33.034@mail.nps.k12.va.us>
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 02:50:13PM -0400, Adam Crosby wrote:
> Now, how do I use the 'newfs'? I had thought it would be something
> like 'newfs /dev/ad0a' ....but the only partition showing in /dev is
> the /dev/ad0c (and of course /dev/ad0). At this point, my first
> thought was 'sh MAKEDEV' - but alas, it's not there! :) So, did I do
> something wrong? Or is my system just messed up?
First off, please wrap your email lines properly.
With devfs a device will "appear" when it is opened. Thus doing
newfs /dev/ad0a
will open the device and devfs will create it in /dev for you at that
time.
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