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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!mcrcim.mcgill.edu!homer.cs.mcgill.ca!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: /dev/com1 on NetBSD 0.9 Date: 10 Sep 1993 04:52:30 GMT Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Lines: 23 Message-ID: <26p16e$p24@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> References: <26oup9$aaf@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mnementh.cs.mcgill.ca In article <26oup9$aaf@agate.berkeley.edu>, Skyler King <sky@soda.berkeley.edu> wrote: >For some reason I don't seem to have a device driver for com 2 (/dev/com1) >on my NetBSD 0.9 system. The bootup sequence recognizes its existence, but >neither make com1 or make com* will create it. What am I doing wrong? It's easy: # cd /dev # mknod tty01 c 8 1 # 8, 0 is tty00 # ln -s tty01 com1 (YOu could just mknod com1 c 8 1, but that wouldn't fit in with the way things come set up...) Toodlepip! Marc 'em. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Wandschneider Seattle, WA "Satan has a stranglehold on my toilet and he won't let go!" - frm the Weekly World News