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diff --git a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml b/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 15308031b..000000000 --- a/chapter06/makedev-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Creating devices</title> - -<para>Note that unpacking the <filename>MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2</filename> -file doesn't create a directory for you to <userinput>cd</userinput> into, as -the file contains only a shell script.</para> - -<para>Install the <userinput>MAKEDEV</userinput> script:</para> - -<screen><userinput>bzcat MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 > /dev/MAKEDEV -chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen> - -<para>Run the script to create the device files:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cd /dev -./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></screen> - -<para>The meaning of the arguments:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>-v</userinput>: This tells the script to run in -verbose mode.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><userinput>generic-nopty</userinput>: This instructs -<userinput>MAKEDEV</userinput> to create a generic selection of commonly used -device special files, except for the ptyXX and ttyXX range of files. We don't -need those files because we are going to use Unix98 PTYs via the -<emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file system.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>If it turns out that some special device <filename>zzz</filename> that -you need is missing, try running <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v zzz</userinput>. -Alternatively, you may create devices via the <userinput>mknod</userinput> -program. Please refer to its man and info pages if you need more -information.</para> - -<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in -the "Mounting the proc and devpts file systems" section, now is the time to -try the alternatives. If your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the -following command to mount devfs:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mount -t devfs devfs /dev</userinput></screen> - -<para>This will mount the devfs file system over the top of the new static -<filename>/dev</filename> structure. This poses no problems, as the device nodes -created are still present, they are just hidden by the new devfs -filesystem.</para> - -<para>If this still doesn't work, the only option left is to use the MAKEDEV -script to create the ptyXX and ttyXX range of files that would otherwise not be -needed. Ensure you are still in the <filename>/dev</filename> directory then run -<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v pty</userinput>. The downside of this is, we are -creating an extra 512 device special files which will not be needed when we -finally boot into the finished LFS system.</para> - -</sect2> - |