Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 02:30:08 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install bug for big minor numbers Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950607022546.3207R-100000@leo> In-Reply-To: <199506061731.KAA21212@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
>
> According to Peter Dufault:
> >
> > Brian: can you think of anything you did that may have broken things?
> > Bruce mentioned that "tar" loses on this. Does anyone else have broken
> > control entries for the SCSI devices?
Nope... I didn't get a chance to, not being able to bring up a
shell during the installation process to effect any changes. :( I
didn't have time tonight to go through the installation process again
though (and it's almost 2:30 am again... *sigh*).
> This is from a 2.0.5-ALPHA installation on Sunday (6-4-95).
>
>
> troutmask[9] rm rsd0.ctl
> troutmask[10] sh MAKEDEV sd0
> troutmask[11] !ll
> ll rsd*.ctl
> crw------- 1 root wheel 13, 536870912 Jun 6 10:30 rsd0.ctl
> crw------- 1 root wheel 13, 8 May 29 05:48 rsd1.ctl
> crw------- 1 root wheel 13, 16 May 29 05:48 rsd2.ctl
> crw------- 1 root wheel 13, 24 May 29 05:48 rsd3.ctl
Hmmmm... so something in the installer is futzing up the minor
numbers. Jordan, are you sure the installer isn't running MAKEDEV,
*then* untarring bogus /dev entries from a tarball on top of the ones
already created?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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