The info you need is in Documentation/devices.txt in the kernel source tree, or you can get it at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/device-list/ The mknod commands would be: mknod /dev/hde b 33 0 mknod /dev/hde1 b 33 1 and so on... - Andy On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 05:07:40PM -0500, Carey Jones wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install slink on a machine that is using a Promise Ultra33 > as its primary IDE controller. Searching the mailing lists, I found that > others were having the same trouble that I am having (HDDs detected as > hde and hdf, no hde or hdf in /dev). In the article found at > http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9907/msg03119.html, > Enrique Zanardi says that he will put a fixed boot floppy in the incoming > directory. Is this new floppy available yet? I can't find it (or any > 'incoming' directory, for that matter) anywhere on ftp.debian.org. > > If this floppy is far from being available, what are the correct mknod > commands to create the hde* and hdf* devices properly? There is no > MAKEDEV script in /dev on the present rescue floppy. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > > - Carey > > ------------------------------