On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 07:45:35PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 02:45:43AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > > Running "mount" by itself shows > > > > tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (union, local) > > > You have two choices: add your dk additions to /etc/MAKEDEV.local or fix > > the /dev/console device in the lower layer of your union mount. > > > Martin > > I see MAKEDEV.local in /dev but not in /etc. Do I need to copy /dev/MAKEDEV > to /etc and edit it there? > > Would the system find and automatically execute /etc/MAKEDEV.local? > > Linux and FreeBSD never have the problem of not being able to use a device > for lack of device nodes, but I remember the days long ago when Linux and > FreeBSD preassigned device nodes as NetBSD and OpenBSD still do. > > I tried to edit /dev/MAKEDEV, found it to be read-only, then tried > /dev/MAKEDEV.local and found that to be also read-only. > > So I made the needed changes to /dev/MAKEDEV (w! in vi). I haven't rebooted > yet, would like to see if USB 3.0 works and the Atheros AR9271 on motherboard > is recognized.
There are a couple things missing from what I've seen in this thread so far: 1) If you want your changes to persist, you'll need to access "the lower layer of your union mount". i.e. umount /dev 2) MAKEDEV.local should be in the same places as MAKEDEV, i.e. in /dev, not /etc Eric
