Re: potato missing /dev's

[Brian Servis <bservis@egl.net>]

> I compiled the kernel with support for ftape.  Only
> there are no devices in /dev for ftape (/dev/qft0,
> /dev/nqft0, /dev/mt0, /dev/nmt0 etc....)  The
> /sbin/MAKEDEV script seems like it should build them,
> but I tried running it without anything happening.  
> 
> What am I missing....?
> 

To create these devices you should do,

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV qic

See 'man MAKEDEV' for more info AND look through the MAKEDEV script as
it appears the man page does not detail all the devices that the 'qic'
option makes.


Brian Servis
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