RE: New disk woes

[Mark]

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From: Matthew Seaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: zondag 23 december 2007 18:40
To: Mark
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Subject: Re: New disk woes


> > But no ad4, it seems. How quaint! So, is there a way to recreate it?
> > The
> 
> > backup disk is failing, and I need to have it replaced soon.

> /dev/MAKEDEV ad4

> I believe will recreate the device for you, although ICBW as I haven't
> had much to do with any 4.x systems for quite some time, and what with
> the dynamic /dev/ stuff nowadays, those neurons are beeing fairly
> rapidly recycled.

Oops! Yes, the ol' /dev/MAKEDEV script. Panic has a way of wiping
one's memory. :)

Thanks anyway!

- Mark

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Re: New disk woes

[Matthew Seaman]

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Mark wrote:
> On an older 4.11 FreeBSD system I need to replace a disk. 

[...]

> But no ad4, it seems. How quaint! So, is there a way to recreate it? The
> 
> backup disk is failing, and I need to have it replaced soon.

/dev/MAKEDEV ad4

I believe will recreate the device for you, although ICBW as I haven't
had much to do with any 4.x systems for quite some time, and what with
the dynamic /dev/ stuff nowadays, those neurons are beeing fairly rapidly
recycled.

Cheers,

Matthew

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