Hi Peter, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Risdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" To: To Stacey Roberts Date: Tue, 27 Jul, 2004 21:00 BST Subject: Re: apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x
> Stacey Roberts wrote: > >Hi Peter, > > Thanks for the reply. > > > >>Stacey Roberts wrote: > >> > >>>[snip] > >>>The other problem I've got is that with the instruction to create a soft > >>>link > >>>for /dev/usv, on reboot, that soft link is of course disappears, so I > >> > >>have to > >> > >>>manually recreate that soft link again, before (again) manually starting > >>>apcupsd from cmdline. > >> > >>You need to make an appropriate entry in devfs.conf for any > >>customisation of /dev to persist beyond a reboot with FreeBSD 5. - > >>something like: > >> > >>link target name > > > > > >Ah.., yes.., Do you mind checking my syntax, please? According to your > >suggestion, I'd be adding: > > > >link /dev/cuaa1 /dev/usv > > > >to /etc/devfs.conf, and that should be it? > > No - look at the file, there are sample entries there: > > # Commonly used by many ports > link acd0 cdrom > link cuaa0 pilot > > So you'd want: > > link cuaa1 usv Okay, I understand. And I take it that if the serial signalling cable is actually connected to (labeled) serial port 1, then the corresponding device tobe used here would be cuaa0? > > > > > > >Whislt I'm keen to try this out, could I then ask the obvious question, > >is there some reason why in apcupsd.conf I am not allowed to simply > use /dev/cuaa1? > > > > I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently familiar with this software to answer. > But it would almost certainly be less problematic to stick with the > suggested link. I understand., seems to be there for what I imagine to be for some good reason. This has been really helpful, Peter. Thanks again. Regards, Stacey > > >Thanks again for taking the time. > > My pleasure, hope it helps. > > Peter. > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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