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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:48:58 -0500
From:      Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        Ashley Penney <ashp@bastard.co.uk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems with MAKEDEV.
Message-ID:  <20000414074858.B18551@virtual-voodoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <00Apr14.205835est.115320@border.alcanet.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:58:29PM %2B1000
References:  <20000414114155.A61941@twilight.bastard.co.uk> <00Apr14.205835est.115320@border.alcanet.com.au>

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On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:58:29PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2000-Apr-14 20:43:12 +1000, Ashley Penney <ashp@bastard.co.uk> wrote:
> >  It seems that the MAKEDEV script only 
> >makes up to ad3, but my disks are on ad4/ad5 (ATA-66, Abit BP6).
> 
> "MAKEDEV all" is designed to create a generic set of devices that
> covers most situations.  It _doesn't_ cover all situations - in
> particular sound devices and disk slices.  You have to make those
> devices manually.

That's always struck me a bit odd... I thought 'MAKEDEV std' made
the generic set of devices and that 'MAKEDEV all' should make... well..
_ALL_. *shrug*

-Steve


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