Matthew Jacob wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
>
> > What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
> >
> > Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and
> > /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.devfs
> > create symlinks from rsa0 and nrsa0 for backwards compatibility?
>
>
> Can you give a hint as to which release you're trying this with?
FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #2: Mon Mar 5 10:40:22 PST 2001
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>
> Does rc.devfs mean anything at all with -current's devfs? I just changed the
> sa driver to create the correct aliases.
>
Yes, I use it to set permissions on cd0 and cd0c during boot.
I could add "ln -sf /dev/nsa0 /dev/nrsa0" for backwards
compatibility.
dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to nsa0 and nrsa0 whereas
sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current.
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Steve
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