Actually, I found this little tidbit on some FAQ or HOWTO or Install doc somwhere:
remount root filesystem read/write mknod /dev/hdc6 b 22 6 #for my root partition mknod /dev/hdc8 b 22 8 #for my usr partition that worked. thanks for your help Josh. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Subject: > potato install > Resent-Date: > Sun, 14 May 2000 18:17:03 -0400 > Resent-From: > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Date: > Sun, 14 May 2000 16:16:47 -0600 > From: > "Jeremiah Merkl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > > <snip> > > this wouldn't be a problem, except the base system that I pulled down > (base-2_2.tgz from 2.2.13-2000-05-04) is completely missing > /dev/hdc* and hdd. I thought it was funny that it had hda, hdb, and > hde, f, g and h, but no c or d. > > So who gets the bug report? base, base-files, base-config, or what? > > I got around it by booting off the installer ramdisk again, jumping > to a shell, and then > mount /dev/hdc8 /target > chroot /target /bin/bash (didn't know if this was necessary for the > MAKEDEV script, but figured what the hell) > MAKEDEV hdc > > and I rebooted back into linux again. No probs, and am finishing the > rest of the install. > <snip> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > HTH > --Nelson Abramson > > -- > "Apparently if you play the Windows NT CD backwards you hear satanic messages" > "You think that's bad, if you play it forwards it installs Windows NT!" > --orlando
