Re: Help please: /dev/printer disappeared
On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Rolf Obrecht wrote:
: Unfortunately, it contained all(?) device files in /dev; as a result,
: the machine didn't boot anymore since it was "unable to open an initial
: console". Booting from rescue disk, mounting the harddrive to /target and
: extracting the previously (on a different machine) generated tar file
: containing the device-files solved the problem, but: /dev/printer still
: doesn't exist.
:
: Calling "MAKEDEV printer" only gives me "MAKEDEV: out of space for
: devices".
:
: HOW can I re-create this socket?? (I would like to be able to print
: some urgent and important files, but without /dev/printer.....)
As far as I know, /dev/printer is a symlink to /dev/lp0 or whatever port
your default printer is on.
Checkout /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt for the correct minor and
major numbers for this device.
Remco.
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