Re: [expert] Making device node
If you are running devfs then you don't need to make the node by hand. When the st.o driver is installed the nodes are created dynamically. Try running `modprobe st' and then look in /dev to see if the device nodes have been created. You should see something long the lines of: lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 31 Nov 18 11:26 st0 - scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mt lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0a - scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mta lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0l - scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtl lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0m - scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtm lr-xr-xr-x1 root root4 Nov 15 18:45 in /dev. I presume you have also installed the `mt-st-0.7-1mdk' for controlling your tape drive? Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America :: Can anyone point me to information on how to make a device node :: for a scsi tape drive which was added to the system after the :: install? :: :: This is in Mandrake 9.0. There doesn't seem to be any st0 in /dev. :: :: Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Making device node
Can anyone point me to information on how to make a device node for a scsi tape drive which was added to the system after the install? This is in Mandrake 9.0. There doesn't seem to be any st0 in /dev. Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Making device node
Bruce Endries wrote: Can anyone point me to information on how to make a device node for a scsi tape drive which was added to the system after the install? This is in Mandrake 9.0. There doesn't seem to be any st0 in /dev. Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Try looking at the man for mknod. It should give you some direction. The trick is the major and minor terms when you run mknod. Maybe this will be a good starting place for you. After years of making special device files, I still have to dig around for the major and minor values. Good luck, and happy hunting... drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
