Hi Guys,
Any clues on how to recreate /dev/null in Caldera OL. I was trying out
QMail which exploded when I tried to reboot, wanted to see if the
daemons started ok etc, now I can't get to init 3 and the kernel
complains that it can't open /dev/null. It appears that the install
script for
Use mknod to set up the major and minor blocks and the type of device, block
or character . I used to think that only
the major and minor number mattered, but there is another device on my machine
with the same major and minor numbers, ram3, and is sure don't act like
/dev/null.
Maybe it is
Perfect Joel,
Thanks. Its all better now. Much appreciated!
stayler
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:15:28 -0500, Joel Hammer wrote:
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Dec 16 21:07 /dev/junk
Then, chmod 777 /dev/junk
Then test it out:
echo this is a test junkfile
cat /dev/null
