On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Glynn Clements wrote: > > > 1 insmod specialix > > 2. made an entry in /etc/conf.modules. > > 3. created ttyS4-ttyS11 devices in /etc/devices directory. > > >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt: > > 32 char Specialix serial card > 0 = /dev/ttyX0 First Specialix port > 1 = /dev/ttyX1 Second Specialix port > > Of course, you don't have to use these names. But you do have to use > major number 32, not 4 (which is what MAKEDEV will use for ttyS*). Hi, Some problem here. I created the ttyS4-11 devices using "./makedev" command which had major number 4. After your mail I deleted all devices and used simalir command as writen below. mknod -m 666 /dev/ttyS4 c 32 64 but when i reboot my server it says that ttyS4-ttyS8 no devices found (for each device separately). Any guidance please! > > -- > Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk> > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Dr. S. K. Singh, Ph. D. (Pantnagar) Agril. Res. Services. (ICAR), Dep. of Agril Res. and Education. (Govt of India) Senior Scientist (AG&B) and I/C ARIS Cell, CIRG, Makhdoom, Farah, Mathura 281122, India. Ph. 91-565-7-63334(R) 63246 (Fax), 63325 (O) http://goat.up.nic.in *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu