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RE: mknod -- minor device no.



On 26-Mar-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I'm trying to use mknod, but I don't know what my minor device number
> is.  My major device number is 45, so right now I'm using mknod like
> this: mknod -m 666 syquest 45 ?.  But I don't know what I should use for
> my minor device number.  dmesg tells the devices major number, cluster,
> and nice, but not minor.  Where would I find the minor number?
> 

also realize that MAKEDEV in the /dev hierarchy has several devices builtin. 
Consider looking in its help.


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