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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 15:08:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To:        Aaron Burke <aburke@nullplusone.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   RE: ls -al /dev | wc -l
Message-ID:  <20020505150503.O85419-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <NGBBLCIHCLNJAIGIFFHJOEBGCCAA.aburke@nullplusone.com>

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On Sun, 5 May 2002, Aaron Burke wrote:
> 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 ; sh MAKEDEV all

Is a command similar to that run at boot-time though? i.e. when is the
above command necessary?  For plug-n-play situations?

> 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.

[Oops, since top-posted original snipped] - This does help, some, thanks.

And to the person who posted that they had 1119: Great post.  *sarcasm*  :)

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