Good catch, but the mistake was in the email. I did type MAKEDEV hdo and MAKEDEV hdm on my pc and still no joy .. I really *wish* I had just typed a typo ...
I *think* that linux has a limit of 255 devices and perhaps I have reached my limit. I will try deleting some of them and see. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 6:58 PM > To: Greg > Cc: DebianUser List > Subject: RE: Maxtor IDE controller cards not working > > > On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 14:24, Greg wrote: > > I cannot MAKEDEV hmo. I get a "/sbin/MAKEDEV:don't know how to > make device > > "hmo" Would mknod help here ? I am at the fringes of my Linux > knowledge, > > so I am learning as I go along. On my Sunblade 100 running > Debian Woody as > > well as another box running Debian I get the same message. Is > there a limit > > to devices - perhaps in the kernel ? > > > > On the box in question I am running a hacked version of Debian called > > "Libranet" but other than some nice GUI apps, it seems that > Libranet is just > > Woody plus some of Sarge's most popular apps (samba, apache, etc). > > AHHH HA! "MAKDEV hmo" Look what you typed! (aych-emm-ohh) > > MAKEDEV hdm is what you need to type (aych-dee-emm) > > MAKEDEV hdo is the other command (aych-dee-ohh) > > It is not a limit of the kernel, but a Mistyping of the fingers!!! > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
