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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!gatech!bloom-beacon!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!pegasus.mit.edu!bri From: bri@pegasus.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: /dev/com2 Message-ID: <1992Aug9.221359.5741@athena.mit.edu> Date: 9 Aug 92 22:13:59 GMT Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Organization: mit Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: pegasus.mit.edu how can i remake /dev/com2 /sbin/mknod /dev/com2 c 8 2 or /sbin/mknod /dev/com2 c 8 1 (this seem possible since /dev/com2 is com1) both dont seem to work... the first gives : write: operation not supported by device (or similar) the second seems to talk to DOS com1, ie my mouse. i figure this cause when i wiggle my mouse, it puts junk on the screen under tip. -bri