Re: [ILUG] Creating Block Devices

From: David Golden (david.golden at domain unison.ie)
Date: Sat 06 Jul 2002 - 13:52:29 IST

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On Saturday 06 July 2002 00:48, you wrote:

> The problem is that hdb does not exist in its proper format in /dev. It is
> there as a link of unknown type and not as a block device.
>
> How do I recreate /dev/hdb as a proper block device?
>

Just checking:

Beware devfs in Mandrake 8.x - it defaults to on in some installs,
and thus makes /dev/ look a little... different...
among other things the "legacy" block devices will be links
to the new naming scheme devices.

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