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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-08 02:46:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-08 02:46:55 +0000 |
| commit | 9a18ca037d2d07086991a8859c3caf0d493ad05e (patch) | |
| tree | ed1bd71bccb405da4417dc3c17f72035e866da89 /chapter06 | |
| parent | 2602f8dba1b73ec00688b37b78114897ed44d25e (diff) | |
Merged with makedev-inst.sgml
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@117 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/createdeventries.sgml | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml | 21 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml b/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index f67390dd7..000000000 --- a/chapter06/createdeventries.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Creating the /dev entries</title> - -<para> -Create the device files by running the following commands: -</para> - -<blockquote><literallayout> - - <userinput>cd /dev &&</userinput> - <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput> - -</literallayout></blockquote> - -<para> -The <quote>generic</quote> parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script -doesn't create all the devices you might need, such as audio devices, -hdc, hdd and ohters. If you seem to be missing something tell MAKEDEV to -create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. You can also add hdc -to generic, so you would execute <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic -hdc</userinput> to create the generic set of devices files, plus the -files you need to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc) -</para> - -<para> -Please note that this script dates back from 1997 and therefore can be -outdated and not support newer hardware. If you need device files which -aren't known by this script please read the Documentation/devices.txt -file in a Linux source tree. This file lists all the major and minor -numbers for all the device files that the kernel knows about. With this -list you can create such device files yourself. See the mknod man page -for more information on how to make device files yourself. -</para> - -</sect2> - diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml b/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml index 582598dbc..ca14a1104 100644 --- a/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml +++ b/chapter06/makedev-inst.sgml @@ -12,5 +12,26 @@ Install MAKEDEV by running the following commands: </literallayout></blockquote> +<para> +Create the device files by running the following commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd /dev &&</userinput> + <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +The <quote>generic</quote> parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script +doesn't create all the devices you might need, such as audio devices, +hdc, hdd and ohters. If you seem to be missing something tell MAKEDEV to +create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. You can also add hdc +to generic, so you would execute <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic +hdc</userinput> to create the generic set of devices files, plus the +files you need to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc) +</para> + </sect2> |