Thanks for all help, I have an proper installation now. Sorry for this simple question, but I have a keyboard problem : On my sparc I cant type the 'pipe' char nomore. on both sparc and x86 I can't type the char ' mirrored ( that executes command if wraped around a command in a script ). thanks! /larry
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:29:54AM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: >(I hope you get this reply; your From: header is wrong.) > >> It worked, is it the same with the /dev/kbd? >> uname says kernel 2.0.35 .. >> I got my installation and further deb's from this site: >> ftp://ftp.lh.umu.se/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-sparc/mail/ > >As I just wrote, those floppy images are old. > >If you now have a usable system, there's probably no point in >reinstalling using the newer images. If you install an up-to-date >version of makedev, then you can presumably use the command >/dev/MAKEDEV (I can't remember what arguments to use) to get all the >device files up to date. > >Edmund > > >PS. According to boot-floppies the command to use is: > ># cd /dev; /dev/MAKEDEV generic-sparc loop sdc sdd sde sdf sdg sdh

