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Date:      Thu, 5 Aug 1999 07:41:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Kent Ho <kent@graffiti.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't MAKEDEV for my tape drive.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908050737350.72854-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990805104904.62516.qmail@graffiti.net>

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On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Kent Ho wrote:

> The problem is that sa1 is not there in /dev. So I
> did ./MAKEDEV sa1 in the /dev directory to create
> the /dev/sa1 device but nothing is created when I
> issue that command.  What could be wrong? Please Help!
> 

pluto# pwd
/dev
pluto# ls -l *sa1*
ls: No match.
pluto# ./MAKEDEV sa1
pluto# ls -l *sa1*
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  18 Aug  5 07:46 ersa1
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  18 Aug  5 07:46 ersa1.0
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  22 Aug  5 07:46 ersa1.1
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  26 Aug  5 07:46 ersa1.2
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  30 Aug  5 07:46 ersa1.3
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  17 Aug  5 07:46 nrsa1
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  17 Aug  5 07:46 nrsa1.0
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  21 Aug  5 07:46 nrsa1.1
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  25 Aug  5 07:46 nrsa1.2
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  29 Aug  5 07:46 nrsa1.3
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  16 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1
crw-rw----   2 root     operator  14,  16 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1.0
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  20 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1.1
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  24 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1.2
crw-rw----   1 root     operator  14,  28 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1.3
crw-rw----   1 root     wheel     14, 536870928 Aug  5 07:46 rsa1.ctl
pluto#

man sa(4) for an explanation of the various device names.

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