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@@ -8,10 +8,24 @@ won't create a directory for you to cd into.</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cp MAKEDEV-1.1 /dev/MAKEDEV &&</userinput>
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<para><screen><userinput>cp MAKEDEV-1.1 /dev/MAKEDEV &&</userinput>
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<userinput>cd /dev &&</userinput>
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<userinput>cd /dev &&</userinput>
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-<userinput>chmod 755 MAKEDEV &&</userinput>
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-<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput></screen></para>
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+<userinput>chmod 755 MAKEDEV</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para>MAKEDEV will create hda[1-20] and hdb[1-20] and such but keep in mind
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+<para>Now, depending on whether you are going to use devpts or not, you
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+can run one of two commands:</para>
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+
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+<para>If you do not intend to use devpts, run:</para>
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+<para><userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput></para>
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+
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+<para>If you do intend to use devpts, then run:</para>
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+<para><userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></para>
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+
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+<para>Note that if you aren't sure, it's best to use
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+the <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput> command as this will
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+ensure you have the devices you need. If you are sure you are going to
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+use devpts however, the other command makes sure that you don't create a
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+set of devices which you don't require.</para>
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+
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+<para>MAKEDEV will create hda[1-20] to hdh[1-20] and such but keep in mind
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that you may not be able to use all of those devices due to kernel
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that you may not be able to use all of those devices due to kernel
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limitations regarding the max. number of partitions.</para>
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limitations regarding the max. number of partitions.</para>
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