On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 09:28:34AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Mike Barton wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > I'm using slink with an SMP kernel (2.0.36) on a dual Pentium Pro 200 with > > 256M RAM. The HD setup is a pair of 4 GB Seagate Barracudas on an Adaptec > > 2940UW along with an SCSI CDROM and a Tandberg 4222 tape drive. I've got a > > really sweet server here except that I just noticed there are no /dev/st* > > for the tape drive. Anyone know at what point during the installation these > > get created? I've got another machine here with an SCSI tape with lots of > > /dev/st*. I'd sure hate to mknod 'em all by hand on the new beast. > > > Your kernel is configured for SCSI tape support, right? I don't think > that's the default. Do a 'make menuconfig' and look for it. > > If it's there, I believe you can cd to '/dev' and do a MAKEDEV, and that > will create all the proper devices for you automatically. > > Folks, isn't the kernel build process supposed to do this for you? I > remember having to do this myself, for a SCSI tape also, I believe. I > used make-kpkg, then installed the binary package. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > I had to MAKEDEV for ST* and SG*, maybe we need to re-vist the install scripts?
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