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From: root@medsys.uucp (sysop)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: mknod /dev/fd1135ds18
Message-ID: <1989Oct14.180333.550@medsys.uucp>
Date: 14 Oct 89 18:03:33 GMT
References: <2110@hudson.acc.virginia.edu>
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Organization: Med-Systems, Kingport, Tennessee
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wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) writes:


>	Several people have suggested that I need to have a /dev/fd1135ds18
>to use my 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" floppy.  It has also been suggested that I can
>use mknod to do this, but I need to know the appropriate minor device
>number.  Could someone tell me what the minor device numbers are for
>/dev/fd1135ds9 and /dev/fd1135ds18?  The major device is 2.  You can
>get the number by typing ls -l /dev/fd1135ds9 ( or ds 18).

The easiest method of adding the proper device files is using the "fixperm"
utility -- "fixperm -c -d FD135 /etc/perms/rts".
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