Re: How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-09 Thread Sagara Wijetunga
Paul B. Mahol writes: Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A disk /dev/camera - /dev/da0s1 devfs.conf(5) 2. A network device re0 - lan0 same as above, but there is way to

How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-08 Thread Sagara Wijetunga
Hi Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A disk /dev/camera - /dev/da0s1 2. A network device re0 - lan0 Kind regards Sagara ___

Re: How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-08 Thread Paul B. Mahol
Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A disk /dev/camera - /dev/da0s1 devfs.conf(5) 2. A network device re0 - lan0 same as above, but there is way to completly hide re0: #

Re: How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-08 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:49:24PM +, Paul B. Mahol wrote: Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A disk /dev/camera - /dev/da0s1 devfs.conf(5) Geneally, yes. But not in

Re: How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-08 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:33:42 -0500, Sagara Wijetunga sag...@tomahawk.com.sg wrote: Hi Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A disk /dev/camera - /dev/da0s1 2. A network

Re: How to symlink devfs devices?

2009-07-08 Thread RW
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:45:48 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:49:24PM +, Paul B. Mahol wrote: Is it possible to create a symlink to a device and use the symlink in place of the real device name in FreeBSD, especially in version 7.2? 1. A