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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:02:01 -0800
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freebsd.org>
To:        Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: block devices & dumpon.
Message-ID:  <19991130100201.A93305@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <38440919.3C2E1999@rtci.com>; from tstromberg@rtci.com on Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 12:27:53PM -0500
References:  <3843E135.887A8E75@rtci.com> <19991130071842.A36355@freebsd.org> <3843F225.34D5E976@rtci.com> <19991130082150.A59750@freebsd.org> <38440919.3C2E1999@rtci.com>

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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 12:27:53PM -0500, Thomas Stromberg wrote:
> I thought all I needed to do was "./MAKEDEV all" in /dev after a
> mergemaster (I also tried MAKEDEV drive) However, I guess this is not
> the case. Evidentally if I makedev a drive or all, it does not MAKEDEV
> the slices. I could of sworn it was supposed to.. alas! Learn something
> new every day.

Yes, MAKEDEV all do not create slices, they m8ust be created by hand.

> [root@karma] /dev> dumpon /dev/wd0s1b
> dumpon: sysctl: kern.dumpdev: Device not configured

It is proper message this time. New kernel not support old block devices.
But in case you MAKEDEV slices, it will work.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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