"Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, shock wrote: > > > * Michael D. Schleif ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > > > Does the required device exist? > > > > > > man MAKEDEV > > > cd dev; ./MAKEDEV [ -n ] [ -v ] update > > > > # ls -al /dev/cdrom > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 29 20:53 /dev/cdrom -> sr0 > > > > # ls -al /dev/sr0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 13 19:32 /dev/sr0 -> scd0 > > > > # ls -al /dev/scd0 > > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 21, 0 Dec 13 19:54 /dev/scd0 > > That's not what mine says: > > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Nov 22 2000 /dev/scd0 > > The 'c' at the beginning of your ls means 'character device'. The 'b' on > mine means 'block device'. So your error messages are correct. > > Try: rm /dev/scd0 && mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0
Good catch -- I missed that. I believe that MAKEDEV update will correct all inconsistencies . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . .
