lfs-book/chapter05/makedev-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of MAKEDEV</title>

<para>
Install MAKEDEV by running the following commands:
</para>

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	<userinput>sed "s/# 9/9/" MAKEDEV &gt;$LFS/dev/MAKEDEV
		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>chmod 754 $LFS/dev/MAKEDEV &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>cp $LFS/dev/MAKEDEV $LFS/dev/MAKEDEV-temp
		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>cd $LFS/dev &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>patch -Ni $LFS/usr/src/MAKEDEV-2.5.patch</userinput>


</literallayout></blockquote>

<para>
The actual creation of the device files in $LFS/dev will be taken care
of in chapter 6.
</para>

</sect2>