From owner-freebsd-current Mon May 8 13:52:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C60B37C0E6 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 13:52:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 **** LICENSE EXPIRED ****) with ESMTP id <20000508205227.SHIU16343.relay01@chello.nl>; Mon, 8 May 2000 22:52:27 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA01001; Mon, 8 May 2000 22:52:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 22:52:06 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Erik de Zeeuw Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAKEDEV warning with sysinstall ? Message-ID: <20000508225206.A972@jedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <39172693.3F8BB151@usishealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <39172693.3F8BB151@usishealth.com>; from erik@usishealth.com on Mon, May 08, 2000 at 03:41:55PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 03:41:55PM -0500, Erik de Zeeuw wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD 5.0-20000506-CURRENT on an AMD K6-2, 64Mb, 4Gb, and > when I first launch /stand/sysinstall after the system has start, the > following message appears : > > ... /kernel: WARNING: run /dev/MAKEDEV before 2000-06-01 to get rid of > block devices > > I searched the list archives and find some informations about this, but > nothing that helps me understand why I get this message. This is because -current no longer has any block devices so /dev/MAKEDEV needs (well, it is cleaner) to remove the old device nodes. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message