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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 1995 15:32:46 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        dufault@hda.com, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quantum hardware errors (Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:87,0)
Message-ID:  <199506060532.PAA26953@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> That isn't nice.  Here is what /dev/rsd0.ctl looks like on my
>> system:
>> 
>> > crw-------  1 root  wheel   13, 536870912 May  3 08:59 /dev/rsd0.ctl

>    No, the minor numbers on my rsd*.ctl devices are completely
>different:

>crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,   0 May 29 20:48 /dev/rsd0.ctl
>crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,   8 May 29 20:48 /dev/rsd1.ctl
>crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  16 May 29 20:48 /dev/rsd2.ctl
>crw-------  1 root  wheel   13,  24 May 29 20:48 /dev/rsd3.ctl

>    I mknod'd a 13:536870912 character special file and now it works.
>Did the 2.0.5 installation mess up the minor device numbers?  I don't

Certain methods of copying files (such as tar) silently lose the high
bits in the minor number :-(.  cp -pR, dump/restore and `cpio -H newc'
are known to work.

Bruce



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