Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:31:22 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: "Robert T.G. Tan" <rotan@cs.pdx.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAKEDEV, /dev Message-ID: <3B0EF95A.55EA81DC@DougBarton.net> References: <20010525182042.A7340@cs.pdx.edu>
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"Robert T.G. Tan" wrote:
>
> Im not clear about the dev entries.. Could I say
> start out with an emtpy /dev directory, after
> rm all device entries in there..
It would be safer to do something like this:
cd /
mkdir newdev
cd newdev
cp /dev/MAKEDEV .
/bin/sh MAKEDEV all
<follow the steps below for your disks>
cd /
mv dev olddev && mv newdev dev
Then you should be ok.
> and then do a MAKEDEV like below - as quoted from
> UPDATING..
>
> To rebuild disk /dev entries
> ----------------------------
> starting the following:
> For N in the list of disks
> MAKEDEV N # eg ad0
> for M in the list of slices
> MAKEDEV NsMa # eg ad0s1a
>
> Tnx, rotan.
>
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