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Subject: Re: Problem with 16-in-1 card reader
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Robert Marella wrote:
> This problem has been discussed many times on the lists. In order to
> update devfs you can use:
> 
> cat /dev/null > /dev/daX
> 
> I seem to remember another method using dd.
> 
> I hope this helps.

The 'cat' way works, thanks. Perhaps we should add this info somewhere
in a man page.

--
Alex Dupre