Major and Minor

[Maurice Hendrix]

I've read the manpage for mknod. I'm baffled. Where can I look for more
information on major and minor devices. What they are and how they work?

TIA,
--
Maurice Hendrix

snailmail: Fuji Photo Film BV                Standard disclaimers apply
           Dept. P1LPI
           attn. M. Hendrix
           PO Box 90156
           5000 LJ  Tilburg
phone: +31 13-579 1370     or fax: +31 13-579 1385

- Still 19 months to go until the next millenium...