Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:59:18 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <K.J.Bosschaart@tue.nl> To: walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to create device nodes when devfs doesn't do it? Message-ID: <20030708075918.GB58019@phys9911.phys.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <3F09AAAF.8000508@myrealbox.com> References: <bec4fa$2soc$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <3F09AAAF.8000508@myrealbox.com>
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On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:15:27AM -0700, walt wrote: > Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: > >Hi, > > > >After googling and searching in the mailing list archive I still can't > >figure out how to make device nodes in -current when devfs doesn't do this > >automatically. I have an external USB-drive (external 3.5" case with > >leftover > >1.6 GB HD) from which I want to mount /dev/da0s4h. It works fine in > >-stable, after MAKEDEV'ing the node, but on -current I only get da0s4. > > > Have you tried mounting da0s4h? It may show up in /dev after mounting it. > That's how I started, but I'm getting phys9911# mount /dev/da0s4h /mnt/test/ mount: /dev/da0s4h: No such file or directory > >disklabel: partition c doesn't start at 0! > >disklabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! > >disklabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system > >utilities > > My experience is that these warnings can be ignored as long as the drive > will mount. That's my experience as well. The partition mounts fine in -stable. Karel.
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