On Saturday 18 Sep 2004 12:45, Dave Ihnat wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 12:41:22AM -0700, Celine Neo wrote: > mknod tape c 37 0 > One of the difficult things on Unix/Linux systems has always been to > determine that major/minor device number pair. To make this easier, > the MAKEDEV script was created. It's stored in the /dev directory, and > basically will figure out for you what the major and minor devices for > given devices are on your system. To really understand this command, > read the man page--"man MAKEDEV". jumping in late on this one ... :-) if you want a definitive list of the device types and major/minor numbers that apply to them , you can install the kernel-source rpm for your current kernel version and read /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/devices.txt there no longer appears to be a specific kernel-doc rpm. HTH Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
