From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 28 06:21:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA08684 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 06:21:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhost.criterion.canon.co.uk (cruella.criterion.canon.co.uk [194.223.249.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA08677 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 06:21:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adamn@criterion.canon.co.uk) Received: from csl.com (hermes.criterion.canon.co.uk [194.223.249.13]) by mailhost.criterion.canon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA02718 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:15:25 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <35BDCF56.4157B95A@csl.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:17:10 +0100 From: Adam Nealis Organization: Criterion Software, Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.34 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/zero References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr wrote: > replace MAKEFILE by MAKEDEV I need some sleep! > > Christian Molnar wrote: > > > > > Hello Guys, > > > > > > Trying to create a hard drive image I deleted /dev/zero. How do I > re-create > > > it? > > > > Oops! I'm used to wiping out disk device files myself. > > > > The /dev/ stuff is all in /dev/MAKEFILE > > > > Do > > > > cd /dev > > grep "mknod zero" MAKEFILE > > > > and, once you understand what the output means, do > > > > `grep "mknod zero" MAKEFILE` > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message