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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:29:55 -0800 (PST)
From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org>
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To: Ken Ingram <kingram@ipro.com>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Ken Ingram wrote:

> When I mkdir /articles and run mount /dev/rwd2s1e /articles I get the error:
> 
> '/dev/rwd2s1e on /articles: Block device required'
> 
> In order for 'mount /dev/rwd2s1e /articles' to complete properly does MAKEDEV
> produce the BLOCK DEVICE /articles? This isn't clear from the man pages.

do a `cd /dev;sh MAKEDEV wd2s1e'...  basicly /dev/wd2s1e is missing... the
r means raw in that no buffering is done...  with out the r it is a block
device and buffering is done...

hope this helps... ttyl..

John-Mark

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