Re: rootskel can't make dev

David Whedon wrote: > It looks like one problem is trying to run mknod (or cp -a) while not root to > create the special files in /dev. I get messages like: > ruff:rootskel$ mknod hda b 3 0 > mknod: `hda': Operation not permitted > ruff:rootskel$ Right, you can't create device files as a normal

rootskel can't make dev

[we're talking about why I can't get rootskel to create proper /dev/ files.] It looks like one problem is trying to run mknod (or cp -a) while not root to create the special files in /dev. I get messages like: ruff:rootskel$ mknod hda b 3 0 mknod: `hda': Operation not permitted ruff:rootskel$

Debian Boot CVS: dwhedon

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Re: task problem

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