Coda File System

Re: suse, etc. and venus-setup major num

From: Jerry Amundson <jerry_at_pbs.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:57:35 -0600
Jerry Amundson writes: 

> Jerry Amundson writes:  
> 
>> For Suse 10 with no "makedev" package, perhaps others, and assuming
>> "alias char-major-67 coda", venus-setup should prompt
>> "mknod /dev/cfs0 c 67 0" (ie. with the correct major num).
> 
> And, perhaps off-topic, anyone notice how Suse's rmmod removes the char 
> device?  
> 
> pine:/etc # /etc/rc.d/venus.init stop
> Shutting down venus: done.
> pine:/etc # ls -l /dev/cfs0
> crw-rw----  1 root root 67, 0 Mar 29 23:26 /dev/cfs0
> pine:/etc # rmmod coda
> pine:/etc # ls -l /dev/cfs0
> /bin/ls: /dev/cfs0: No such file or directory

Actually, /dev/cfs0 won't survive a reboot anyway. Figured out I need "cfs0 
c 67 0" in /etc/udev/static_devices.txt - and now /dev/cfs[0-4] are there. 
Yippee. 

jerry
Received on 2006-03-30 01:59:12