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From: "Aaron Burke" <aburke@nullplusone.com>
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	"Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Subject: RE: ls -al /dev | wc -l
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You should be able to type the following as root. Allthough I am no expert
on this subject, sh MAKEDEV all should rebuild the list of devices.

From my box.
alpha# cd /dev
alpha# sh MAKEDEV all

On my box, I only show 859. But I do have a few options in the kernel for
devices that dont exist. Such as a floppy drive, etc. That may help. I hope
so.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Peter Leftwich
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:12 AM
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> Subject: ls -al /dev | wc -l
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>
> Are there supposed to be 1,172 devices ("files") in /dev?  Would
> recompiling a new kernel, exacting just what I need and what my
> PC actually
> has, trim down this directory?  A thousand thank you's, give or take,
>
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> Peter Leftwich
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