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+<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Creating devices</title>
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-<para>Note that unpacking the MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 file doesn't create
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-a directory for you to cd into, as the file only contains a script.</para>
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+<para>Please note that unpacking the MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 file
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+doesn't create a directory for you to <userinput>cd</userinput> into, as
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+the file contains one shell script.</para>
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+
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+<para>Install the MAKEDEV script:</para>
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-<para>Prepare for the creation of the device files by running the
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-following commands:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>cp MAKEDEV-&makedev-version; /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para><screen><userinput>cp MAKEDEV-&makedev-version; /dev/MAKEDEV &&
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-cd /dev &&
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+<para>Prepare the script for execution:</para>
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+
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+<para><screen><userinput>cd /dev &&
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chmod 754 MAKEDEV</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para>Most people will now want to create devices by running:</para>
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+<para>Run the script to create the device files:</para>
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+
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<para><screen><userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para>But if you intend to use devpts, then run this instead:</para>
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-<para><screen><userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>If a device you need is missing, try running
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+<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v <device></userinput>. Alternatively, you may
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+create devices via the <emphasis>mknod</emphasis> program. Please refer to
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+the man and info pages of <emphasis>mknod</emphasis> if you need more
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+information.</para>
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-<para>Note that if you aren't sure, it's best to use the
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-<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v generic</userinput> command as this will ensure you
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-have all the devices you need. But if you are certain you are going to use
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-devpts, the other command skips creating a set of devices you won't need.</para>
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+<para>If you intend to use devpts, pass the
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+<userinput>generic-nopty</userinput> option to <filename>MAKEDEV</filename>.
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+This creates the same devices as <userinput>generic</userinput>, but it skips
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+the creation of pty devices so that devpts can manage them itself.</para>
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-<para><filename>MAKEDEV</filename> will create hda[1-20] to hdh[1-20] and
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-many more of such disk device nodes, but keep in mind that you probably won't
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-be able to use all of these, due to kernel limits on the maximum number of
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+<para><filename>MAKEDEV</filename> will create devices ranging from hda[1-20]
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+to hdh[1-20] and beyond, but keep in mind that you probably won't be able to
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+use all of these due to kernel limits on the maximum number of
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partitions.</para>
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</sect2>
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