Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 01:30:14 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Me Me <edmundj2@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: THe number of cdrom in /dev Message-ID: <20120302013014.bd752266.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1330645966.46434.YahooMailNeo@web120804.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1330645966.46434.YahooMailNeo@web120804.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:52:46 -0800 (PST), Me Me wrote: > My system's been down for a while -=A0anyway I wanted to add > data from a cd, but the prompt reads "can't have more than > 32 cd devices or drives." Which program does show this message? Please explain what you've done in order to get that text. How many _actual_ CD drives does your system have? Just to make sure this isn't the problem... :-) > I couldn't figure it out=A0 tried alot. So now I'd like to take > some of the devices out of the directory. However, I "rm" and > they mostly return. FreeBSD's current /dev directory is a dynamical thing. It gets populated automatically under the control of devfs (at boot time) and devd (at run time) which control several actions that can be taken. > I'm careful to keep those I see in the ref 4.2 book but do > I have to change permissions or file types or should I use > "mv" to another directory so I don't lose them permenetly? Which OS version are you currently using? > anyway if you've got an advisory or a fix for this and your > not to annoyed please send it. Just provide a bit more information so your problem can be diagnosed. At the moment, I'm just guessing. :-) --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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