Re: How to create device for tape backup
> I just acquired an IDE tape backup and I believe that this uses ht0
> for a device. I've recompiled my kernel, and the kernel recognizes
> the device at boot and I have a ht0 listed in /proc/devices, but I
> don't have any sort of /dev/ht0 entry to use the device with.
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ht0
and it will create the /dev/ht0 device for you so you can use the drive.
>
> Can someone tell me what the standard way of addressing such a
> device is; and perhaps give me a tutorial on using MAKEDEV to create
> this device (I thought a MAKEDEV -v update would do the trick).
> Thanks much in advance.
/dev/MAKEDEV is a tool which creates devices in the /dev directory. You
normally make the ones you need and ignore the ones you don't.
Regards,
Bernt.
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