On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 10:15:57AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Kevin Sisney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > rdev /toonces/boot/vmlinuz-whatever /dev/hdc1
| >
| > it doesn't work because it tells me that /dev/hdc1 doesn't exist.
| >
| > How in the world do I do this?
|
| I believe you can just make the node device ...
|
| mknod /dev/hdc1 b 22 1
|
| Not 100% on this .. but I think that's it.
Close ...
The Redhat boot disks suck for rescue usage like this. Get the
slackware boot/root/rescue disks instead - they're much easier to deal
with. (and of course they'll work fine with a Redhat installation.)
If you must use the redhat disks, the answer can be found in the help
pages that you get by hitting F1 or F2 or whatever. Ultimately I
forget the exact command, but basically you must use some command (but
it's NOT mknod) to make the devices. Normally mknod is the correct
command, of course, but the Redhat disks don't include it - instead
you must use some command like `setup' to create the devices. The
help pages give the syntax ...
Slackware's boot/root/rescue disks are easier to deal with. You start
out with a reasonably full /dev rather than having to create the parts
you need for starters, and you have more commands to use.
--
Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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