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<sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Creating devices</title>
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<title>Creating devices</title>
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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 only contains a single shell script.</para>
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+<para>Note that unpacking the <filename>MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2</filename>
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+file doesn't create a directory for you to <userinput>cd</userinput> into, as
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+the file contains only a shell script.</para>
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-<para>Install the MAKEDEV script:</para>
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+<para>Install the <userinput>MAKEDEV</userinput> script:</para>
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<screen><userinput>bzcat MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 > /dev/MAKEDEV
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<screen><userinput>bzcat MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2 > /dev/MAKEDEV
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chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen>
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chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen>
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@@ -17,22 +17,23 @@ chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>cd /dev
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<screen><userinput>cd /dev
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./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></screen>
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./MAKEDEV -v generic-nopty</userinput></screen>
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-<para>The meaning of the option:</para>
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+<para>The meaning of the arguments:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<itemizedlist>
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-<listitem><para><userinput>-v generic-nopty</userinput>: The
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-<userinput>-v</userinput> parameter tells the MAKEDEV script to run in verbose
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-mode. The <userinput>generic-nopty</userinput> parameter instructs MAKEDEV to
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-create a generic selection of commonly used device special files, except for the
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-ptyXX and ttyXX range of files. We don't need those files because we are going
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-to use Unix98 PTYs via the <emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file
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-system.</para></listitem>
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+<listitem><para><userinput>-v</userinput>: This tells the script to run in
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+verbose mode.</para></listitem>
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+
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+<listitem><para><userinput>generic-nopty</userinput>: This instructs
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+<userinput>MAKEDEV</userinput> to create a generic selection of commonly used
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+device special files, except for the ptyXX and ttyXX range of files. We don't
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+need those files because we are going to use Unix98 PTYs via the
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+<emphasis>devpts</emphasis> file system.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</itemizedlist>
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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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+<para>If it turns out that some special device <filename>zzz</filename> that
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+you need is missing, try running <userinput>./MAKEDEV -v zzz</userinput>.
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+Alternatively, you may create devices via the <userinput>mknod</userinput>
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+program. Please refer to its man and info pages if you need more
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information.</para>
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information.</para>
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<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in
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<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in
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