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Gerard Beekmans 24 years ago
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+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para>
+<userinput>sed "s/# 9/9/" MAKEDEV &gt;/dev/MAKEDEV:</userinput> By
+default the Makedev script only creates the hda1-hda8 and hdb1-hdb8
+devices. By replacing "# 9" by "9"'s in the MAKEDEV script, it will
+create hda1-hda20, hdb1-hdb20 and possible others (like hdc and hdd)
+</para>
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+<para>
+<userinput>chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV:</userinput> This sets the permissions
+of the MAKEDEV script to mode 754 which makes it executable only for
+owner and group and readable by everybody.
+</para>
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+</sect2>
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chapter05/makedev.sgml

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 <title>Installing Makedev</title>
 <title>Installing Makedev</title>
 
 
 &c5-pp-makedev-inst;
 &c5-pp-makedev-inst;
+&c5-pp-makedev-exp;
 &aa-makedev-desc;
 &aa-makedev-desc;
 
 
 </sect1>
 </sect1>