Hi, first you have to remove the old file, with 'rm /dev/hdc'.
Making devices should go with: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV hdc but I am not sure. For making devices you use mknod: mknod NAME TYPE MAJOR MINOR, so in your case: mknod hdc b 22 0 and chgrp it to disk. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, pplaw wrote: > debs, > > i mucked up /dev/hdc to where it isn't listed as a > block device (so i'm having trouble mounting it): > > ls -l /dev/hdc > > -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Mar 12 10:06 /dev/hdc > > (one of my other boxes shows it the right way: > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 5 2000 > /dev/hdc.) > > how do i make /dev/hdc a block device, again. > > ia, t. > > bentley taylor. > > // > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >