From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 22 10:58: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lvcablemodem.com (hams4.lvcablemodem.com [24.234.0.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2558B37B4C5 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:57:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from dhcp196.122.lvcm.com ([24.234.122.196]) by lvcablemodem.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.517.51); Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:59:15 -0800 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:58:01 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Angell To: Mikko Tyolajarvi Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Watch utility In-Reply-To: <200011221834.eAMIYkX42014@explorer.rsa.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I tried making the device by taking these steps, basically:=20 cd /dev Then I tried: sh MAKEDEV snp sh MAKEDEV local snp sh MAKEDEV /dev/snp And many other commands, to no avail. Could you please show me how to make the device? Thanks so much for all = =20 your assistance! Chris Angell On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Mikko Tyolajarvi wrote: > In local.freebsd-questions you write: >=20 > >The 'watch' utility won't work on my system. I even added the 'snp' ent= ry > >in the custom kernel built for my machine. Do I need to make the device= , >=20 > [...] >=20 > Yes. Exacly :) >=20 > # cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snp0 >=20 > $.02, > /Mikko > --=20 > Mikko Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi_______________________________________mikko@rsase= curity.com > RSA Security >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message