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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:12:41 +0100
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: devfs - for what is it useful
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Could someone brief me in on how to use the devfs? I did a
mount -t devfs /dev/devs (after creating /devs) and see
my device nodes. What is it good for? (BTW, unmounting hung
my machine - 3.0-current).
 
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de