On 23 March 1999, Richard Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> OK disregard pty/tty problem ov previous message. The problem is
> that as of kernel-2.1.115 the /dev/tty* and pty* have changed from
> major number 4 to major 2 and 3 respectively. Obviously my /dev
> directory is out of date. Read "Changes" file in kernel Documentation
> directory for more info.
>
> So the question I now have is: what is the easiest way to change all
> the /dev/tty* and /dev/pty* nodes. There are 256 of each and I don't
> want to do this manually. Is there a script available or is there a
> new /dev tar file somewhere I can use to upgrade?
Use the attached script. You might also want to check
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
for more /dev fun (f.i. /dev/console has changed devices too).
Regards,
Liviu Daia
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#! /bin/sh
let k=0
for i in p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e ; do
for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f ; do
d=pty$i$j
e=tty$i$j
rm -f $d $e
mknod $d c 2 $k
mknod $e c 3 $k
chmod ugo+rw $d $e
chown root.tty $d $e
let k=k+1
done
done
