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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:20:22 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr>
Subject:   Re: ZIP+ and NatSemi parallel port chipst (was Re: ZIP, again)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981117192022.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811170824490.27295-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On 17-Nov-98 Chuck Robey wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:

>> Well it gets probed as da2... Except all my devices in fstab are still sd
>> instead of their da counterparts. I wanted to convert them, but found the
>> man-pages to be sketchy at best, and since I don't want to disable my system
>> again ;)
> 
> The sd* and da* devices have the same major/minor numbers.  Cam is
> color-blind at that range, you haven't anything to worry about.  It's
> probably a good idea to update your devices and fstab, against some
> future change, but right now, it doesn't matter.

Well, let's put it like this:

I have tried every ./MAKEDEV I knew to get the equivalents of my current used
sd* entries. Or am I supposed to disklabel them to da counterparts first and
then MAKEDEV and update /etc/fstab?

I really couldn't find any good pointers on this. With most of the da manpages
still in the fingers ;) (the 9 section).

---
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai
asmodai(at)wxs.nl                   |  Cum angelis et pueris,
Junior Network/Security Specialist  |  fideles inveniamur
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