Re: /dev/st0 doesn't exist

[Chad Morgan <chad@chadmorgan.com>]

On 2001.12.11 20:15 Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > yet /dev/st0 is not there.
> 
> The message from the driver doesn't imply file creation :)  I assume
> you're using the old dev directory and not using devfs?
> 
> In any case, you probably simply need to create the device files.  I
> now use devfs so it's been a while since I worried about device files,
> but let's see if  remember ...
> .
> Method 1:
> 
>  # cd /dev; MAKEDEV st
> 
> Method 2:
> 
>  # cd /dev
>  # mknod -m 660 st0 c 9 0
>  # mknod -m 660 nst0 c 9 128
>  # chown root:tape st0 nst0
> 

That did it. Thanks for the reply. I was going to say that mknod wasn't
needed after MAKEDEV, however if I would've read your post better I
would've noticed that it was "METHOD" 1&2 and not "STEP" 1&2 :)

> Method 3:
> 
>  Install a kernel that does devfs :)

Since this is the first I've heard of devfs, I'll look into it.

Thanks.