Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:16:41 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com> Cc: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: semi-HEADS-UP (dumpon now wants raw disk device) Message-ID: <19991201201641.55771@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912010432250.15654-100000@alphplex.bde.org>; from Bruce Evans on Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 04:43:05AM %2B1100 References: <3843F225.34D5E976@rtci.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912010432250.15654-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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On Wednesday, 1 December 1999 at 4:43:05 +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Thomas Stromberg wrote: > > [ache wrote]: >> " >>> I see no needs of this change. I have -current dumpon/savecore work with >>> old entrly like /dev/wd0... >>> savecore understand both character and old block devices now. > > You must not have a very current -current :-). /dev/wd0 is a character > device (with the same major/minor and character as /dev/rwd0) in -current: > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 3, 0x00010002 Dec 1 04:34 rwd0 > crw-r----- 1 root operator 3, 0x00010002 Dec 1 04:34 wd0 Just doing a 'make world' won't do this; indeed, make world doesn't even install the new ./MAKEDEV. What steps do you use to keep your device nodes up to date? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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