On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:29:16AM +0800, kai ouyang wrote: > Hi, Everybody > In the 4.x version, I can use mknod to create a device, for example: > "mknod raidctl c 201 0 root:operator". > But in 5.0, If I use the devfs(default), I do not know how to use some > command
You can't `mknod` any device in /dev that isn't known to devfs. Devices are name-based now: edgemaster# ls -l cuaa0 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 128 Nov 18 14:13 cuaa0 edgemaster# mknod newdevice c 28 128 mknod: newdevice: No such file or directory `mknod` is obsoleted for /dev when using devfs, as the device entries are created and destroyed dynamically as devices are detected and removed from the system. If you accidentally delete a device and aren't sure what the major/minor of it was to recreate it, try something like this: edgemaster# rm cuaa0 edgemaster# ls -l cuaa0 ls: cuaa0: No such file or directory edgemaster# devfs rule apply path cuaa0 unhide edgemaster# ls -l cuaa0 crw-rw---- 1 uucp dialer 28, 128 Nov 18 14:13 cuaa0 > to create a device like 'mknod' doing in 4.x. > Another question: > In DP2: I found the disk partition 'd' will be used. I know it never be > used in 4.x, it means the total disk size, right? But in DP2, why it could > be used? Actually it is the 'c' slice that is generally used to indicate the whole disk. This is still the case in 5.0. However, I am unable to tell you what 'd' used to represent. I am also clueless on this particular detail. Hope that helps. -- Sean Kelly | PGP KeyID: 77042C7B [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.zombie.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
