it didn't detect my 2nd floppy drive. I fitted two, just because I had one
spare.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Just wondering...
> It was Sep 29, 2000, 11:03, when [EMAIL PROTECTED] keyboarded:
>
> >While reading a UNIX book I was wondering (chapter mounting), how does a
> >device (for example a CDROM player or a disk drive) appear in the /dev
> >directory ? The book told me that when you for example mount a floppy
> >drive it should look something like this:
> >
> >mount /dev/floppy2 /medium
> >
> >But how does the floppy2 gets into the dev directory !?
> >
> >Thanx in advantage,
>
> Hoi Niels,
> groetjes uit Nederland ;)
>
> The installer-program will do it's best to detect all your hardware. For
> each part of hardware, and also for the most common devices, an entry in
> the /dev directory is made. You can later on, when you know a lot about
> linux, create a new device through certain commands (which I can't recall
> at the moment since you barely ever need them).
>
> Paul
>
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