Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:03:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do I get a new MAKEDEV? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003171158000.2429-100000@merlin.onsea.com> In-Reply-To: <20000316211239.C64407@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Oh my god... I cant believe you did that... Just because MAKEDEV has the correct entries, doesnt mean the OS underneath it (i.e. a previous version of FreeBSD) supports the nodes the new MAKEDEV is mknod'ing. The idea solution is to: (a) Upgrade to at least 3.4 (since the 3.4 -> 4.0 upgrade is far from smooth right now). (b) Use mergemaster, which will install the new MAKEDEV (prompted) as a part of the system configuration upgrade. Please dont jump head first into mergemaster, although it's the best way to keep your system configuration files current and correct, it's also the easiest way to hose them. Do NOT let it touch passwd/group. If it reports differences in passwd/group, write down the changes it shows, and add them manually once mergemaster has finished. Needless to say, if you hose passwd or group, you are in big trouble. You can get more information on mergemaster at the FreeBSD Diary on this page: http://www.freebsddiary.org/mergemaster.html Good luck :) Cliff Rowley - while (!asleep) { code(); } On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 06:49:47PM +0000, David Banning wrote: > > I recently upgraded to 3.1 from 2.2.8 and I seem to > > be missing form acd?? drivers for my cdrom(s) > > the MAKEDEV was not replaced in the cvsup and > > the old one only makes the older devices. I have > > been following others questions and answers and it seems the answer > > I hear most often is to get an up-to-date MAKEDEV. > > How to? > > Here's the present 3-STABLE one. Not guaranteed to be 100% compatible > with 3.1R, but I would expect it to be OK. It definately has acd > devices. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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