Luke C Gavel wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Dave Wreski wrote:
>
> >
> > > [root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy
> > > mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist
> >
> > rm -f /dev/fd0u1722
> > cd /dev
> > ./MAKEDEV fd0
> >
> > You will then have /dev/fd0H1772 which you can then use.
> >
>
> That is the correct procedure; using the shell script MAKEDEV,
> that is. However, /dev/fd0H1772 already exists, while fd0u1722
> will still not be created. Tom's `install.s', according to his
> FAQ, will use `mknod' to create /dev/fd0u1722. Upon looking into
> `install.s' and then subsequently `settings.s', the `mknod'
> command would be like this:
>
> mknod /dev/fd0u1722 b 2 60
>
> But I have no idea why Tom would want to use his own special
> device file, when /dev/fd0H1772 might do the same thing. Unless
> it's probably a cross-distribution compatibility issue. For
> example, 'BSD systems might not have the fd0H1772 file. But I
> digress... I'd still just follow his instructions, just so I
> didn't break anything else he had designed that I couldn't
> modify, like a compiled binary file that depended on the
> existence of /dev/fd0u1722.
>
> Best Regards,
> L.G.
Also if ext2 does not work seems like it might actually be minux? is
that possible? I can't check now but thought I would mention it. Kinda
sort of rember but mabye forgot something like that might be the case.
Bret
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