> I just acquired an IDE tape backup and I believe that this uses ht0 > for a device. I've recompiled my kernel, and the kernel recognizes > the device at boot and I have a ht0 listed in /proc/devices, but I > don't have any sort of /dev/ht0 entry to use the device with.
cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ht0 and it will create the /dev/ht0 device for you so you can use the drive. > > Can someone tell me what the standard way of addressing such a > device is; and perhaps give me a tutorial on using MAKEDEV to create > this device (I thought a MAKEDEV -v update would do the trick). > Thanks much in advance. /dev/MAKEDEV is a tool which creates devices in the /dev directory. You normally make the ones you need and ignore the ones you don't. Regards, Bernt. -- Bernt T. Hansen - Norang Consulting Incorporated --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems/ - 235 Bellamy Road N., Scarborough - phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst - Ontario, Canada M1J-2L7 ---------- fax: (416)431-2617 PGP Public Key fingerprint = CB 99 EC 07 DE F8 D5 8D 59 99 A5 E7 7E 7A 8C 9C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]