From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 14 08:08:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA25570 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:08:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sns.com (jack.sns.com [199.35.183.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA25565 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net by mail.sns.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0wcuRI-000Q7oC; Sat, 14 Jun 97 08:08 PDT Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970614080532.00899b20@mail.sns.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.sns.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.2 (32) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:05:32 -0700 To: "Patrick S. Roberts" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Scrogged /dev files... In-Reply-To: <33A235D5.2C81957F@izzy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 02:10 AM 6/14/97 -0400, Patrick S. Roberts wrote: >Hello... I am having a problem with rebuilding my DEV dir... i ran a >/dev/MAKEDEV all , and it seems to have scrogged my drive slice /dev >files... i was wondering what the safest way under FreeBSD is to undo >this ?... as it is i can mount root , and thats about it. > >Thanx in advance.. > >And if you could please also tell me what the freebsd based listservers >are i would apprecaite it.. i can't seem to find the subscribe >accounts..... > >P.S. I did search the archive.. but i coul'nt find what i needed.. >-- >Patrick S. Roberts - Stormbringer >Santa Cruz Operation Strange you didn't find it in the archive, as I posted this same question about 2 months ago. This is what I got in response: > >makedev all is deprecated and should be removed. It goes back to 1.1.x >days-style devices, which will cause mount to blow up. > >You'll have to rebuild each disk and such manually. So walk through and >do > >makedev wd0s0 >makedev wd0s1 >makedev wd0s2 >makedev wd0s3 >makedev wd1s0 >... > >and so forth as you require. You should be able to do this from >single-user mode (the 'press return for sh' prompt), if you run 'mount /' >to get it into read/write before running makedev. > >Hope this helps. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 04/18/97