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-rw-r--r--chapter06/makedev-inst.xml6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-exp.xml b/chapter06/makedev-exp.xml
index 565b4e128..7fd515b6c 100644
--- a/chapter06/makedev-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/makedev-exp.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para>
-<userinput>./MAKEDEV-temp -v generic</userinput> This creates the device
-files.
+<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic:</userinput> This creates generic
+devices. Normally, these devices are all devices you need. It's possible that
+you are missing some special devices that are needed for your hardware
+configuration. Create them with ./MAKEDEV -v &lt;device&gt;.
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml b/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
index 07b8aa3f7..576611d7a 100644
--- a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ Create the device files by running the following commands:
<blockquote><literallayout>
<userinput>cd /dev &amp;&amp;</userinput>
- <userinput>./MAKEDEV-temp -v generic &amp;&amp;</userinput>
- <userinput>rm MAKEDEV-temp</userinput>
+ <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ Create the device files by running the following commands:
The <quote>generic</quote> parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script
doesn't create all the devices a user might need, such as audio devices,
hdc, hdd and others. If it seems something is missing MAKEDEV has to be told
-to
-create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. A user can also add hdc
+to create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. A user can also add hdc
to generic, so he would execute <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic
hdc</userinput> to create the generic set of devices files, plus the
files he needs to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc)