Hi All, I am having a bad week with devfs. I am running 8.1, stock kernel but most security updates in place for packages I run.
My HP Colorado 14GB IDE tape unit does not get a correct dev. I have the 'append devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi' option in lilo which boots with no errors. My problem is that /dev/st0 links to /bin/mt as do all other /dev/mt, and the hosts branches under /dev/ide and /dev/scsi. I have tried removing all other IDE devices onto another controller card leaving the only the Colorado on the motherboard IDE2 cable as Master (and tried Slave) but I do not get the links. The tar command just says the (tar -tvf /dev/st0 ...) the file is not a valid tar file...which is true as it links to /bin/mt which is a binary. I have read the devfs docs, but I do not feel comfortable deleting data from the /dev directory and using 'mknod' as I would have done in 8.0 etc. Is 'mknod' still valid in devfs? I have posted this problem a couple of weeks ago but got no responses. Other mailing lists have drawn a blank albeit not MDK ones. I was hoping that Civileme may have a stab at this...please! Thanks, David.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
