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Subject: Re: how to create device nodes when devfs doesn't do it?
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Karel J. Bosschaart wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After googling and searching in the mailing list archive I still can't 
> figure out how to make device nodes in -current when devfs doesn't do this 
> automatically.  I have an external USB-drive (external 3.5" case with leftover
> 1.6 GB HD) from which I want to mount /dev/da0s4h. It works fine in -stable, 
> after MAKEDEV'ing the node, but on -current I only get da0s4. 


Have you tried mounting da0s4h?  It may show up in /dev after mounting it.


> Using disklabel on the external USB drive shows some warnings:
> 
> phys9911# disklabel da0s4
> # /dev/da0s4:
> 8 partitions:
> #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
> a:    72513       63    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
> b:   269892    72576      swap
> c:  3324825       63    unused        0     0         # "raw" part, don't edit
> d:   131544   342468    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
> e:    49896   474012    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
> g:   716688   523908    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
> h:  2084292  1240596    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16
> disklabel: partition c doesn't start at 0!
> disklabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!
> disklabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system utilities


My experience is that these warnings can be ignored as long as the drive
will mount.