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> 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.

mount /dev/rwd2s1e /articles
           *

A raw device is a character device, not a block device.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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