Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:47:07 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: "Michael V. Harding" <mvh@netcom.com>, bsampley@best.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More problems with new slice code Message-ID: <199803151847.KAA07932@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 14:13:11 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314141226.27517H-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org>
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> On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Michael V. Harding wrote: > > > I and everyone I know has been bitten by ./MAKEDEV deleting existing > > slices. This can make the system fail in a way that can take up to a > > day of headscratching to fix. And you can't even read the man pages. > > > > Could ./MAKEDEV make all slices by default, instead? > > Or, maybe MAKEDEV should MAKE DEVICES and not DELETE DEVICES. :) Anyone > can rm a device node. But creating them requires a priori knowledge of > device numbers, etc. Why not have MAKEDEV create a file (shell script) of rm commands that could be perused or edited prior to deleting device nodes. Another alternative might be to have an interactive MAKEDEV. > > Robert N Watson > > Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ > SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 UNIX Support OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) ITSD BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET Government of BC Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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