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#! rnews 1752 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!portal.com!combdyn!lawrence From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen) Subject: Re: Blew my /dev directory away, so now what? Message-ID: <1996Feb20.231041.4654@combdyn.com> Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd. References: <3123B545.4D54@visi.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:10:41 GMT Lines: 28 "Bigfoot (Guy Gustavson)" <bigfoot@visi.com> writes: >The other night I was trying to biult the snp device so I could use >watch. I did a ./MAKEDEV * in the /dev directory and it blew away >my device tables completely. >(Either that or the machine over heated and looked up.) >What I want to know is... > >1. Did I do this to myself with the command I ran? >2. Could I have saved the installation without reinstalling? If so, how? A "./MAKEDEV all" should create them all back again. Or maybe 'local' or 'std' as the argument. Though I looked at the script file, and I couldn't see any information on creating snp device nodes. So, I would like to know how to create them.... -- SNAIL: Lawrence Chen, P.Eng. VE6LKC/VE6PAQ Computer Engineer Phone: (403)529-2162 Combustion Dynamics Ltd. Fax: (403)529-2516 #203, 132 4th Avenue S.E. Email: lawrence@combdyn.com Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8B5 dreamer@mlc.awinc.com CIS: 74200,2431 FIDONET: 1:134/3002 dreamer@lhaven.uumh.ab.ca DISCLAIMER: All opinions expressed are mine and *NOT* my employers