From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 11:44:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D8137B401 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:44:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow053o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C8D43FAF for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:44:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([62.31.198.203]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:46:07 +0100 From: John Murphy To: BSDVault Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 19:43:44 +0100 Organization: poor Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No MAKEDEV in /dev after cvsup and rebuild X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:44:05 -0000 BSDVault wrote: > I cvsup my box 2 nights ago 5.0 -> 5.0. When I tried to remake all >devices, I found that there was no MAKEDEV in /dev which seemed odd. I >then tried to copy the one from /usr/src/etc into /dev which erorred = with >:Operation not Permitted. I then checked securelevel which was -1. I = then >tried to re make the one in /usr/src/etc with make install which told me >MAKEDEV was up to date. I moved MAKEDEV out of /usr/src/etc and then = tried >to make MAKEDEV which then said "don=B9t know how to make MAKEDEV". > > I am truly stuck. Can anyone offer some assistance. 5.0 makes devices as and when required. So no MAKEDEV is required. John.