kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (05/07/87)
To: comp-unix-wizard
Subject: SXTs
Organization: Bar Ilan University
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Does some one knows what is the device major number of the
SXTs files
I work on System V under Tower machine and when I tryed to
install the shl(1) I had problems because of the fact that
the computer doesn't know the major device number
CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME ?!?!?!?!?!?
Thanks in advance
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`-------------------'mechjgh@tness1.UUCP (8753) (05/09/87)
In article <7283@brl-adm.ARPA> kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Arik Kaplan) writes: > > Does some one knows what is the device major number of the > SXTs files > I work on System V under Tower machine and when I tryed to > install the shl(1) I had problems because of the fact that > the computer doesn't know the major device number To get the major device numbers, run the -t option on the config file: config -t /kernel/tower/cf/config.cf (or whatever your config file is named) Assuming you have added an entry in the config.cf files something like: sxt 0 0 0 8 and the major device number is 27, here is a sample shell to install the sxt nodes in /dev: ---<cut here>------ major=27 minor=0 cd /dev mkdir sxt chmod 755 sxt for link in 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 do for chan in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 do echo ${minor} ${link}${chan} mknod sxt${link}${chan} c ${major} ${minor} ln sxt${link}${chan} sxt/${link}${chan} minor=`expr ${minor} + 1` done done ---<cut here>------ -- Greg Hackney (713+521-8753) Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Texas Network Engineering Support Systems P.O. Box 1530, Room 1009 Houston, Texas 77001 UUCP: ihnp4!tness1!mechjgh There's no future in time travel
david@dhw68k.UUCP (David H. Wolfskill) (05/09/87)
In article <7283@brl-adm.ARPA>, kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Arik Kaplan) writes: > [...] > Does some one knows what is the device major number of the > SXTs files > I work on System V under Tower machine and when I tryed to > install the shl(1) I had problems because of the fact that > the computer doesn't know the major device number As I indicated in the Summary:, on this machine, the major device numbers in question show up as 12 (by issuing "ls -lg /dev/sxt*") -- which also corresponds with the position of the sxt??? devices in the "cdevsw" array of structures in /usr/src/sys/conf/conf.c. My understanding is that UniStride is supposed to be compatible with the NCR Tower series; I am not at *all* certain that the device numbers would necessarily be the same. (Internal consistency, however, is a rather different issue....) Hope you find this helpful; if I can be of fruther assistance, please feel free to mail directly. david -- David H. Wolfskill uucp: ...{trwrb | hplabs}!felix!dhw68k!david
wescott@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott) (05/12/87)
In article <7283@brl-adm.ARPA> kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Arik Kaplan) writes: > Does some one knows what is the device major number of the > SXTs files > I work on System V under Tower machine From an NCR Tower32 (Tower32/600 is the new numbering/naming scheme): crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 0 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt000 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 1 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt001 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 2 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt002 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 3 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt003 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 4 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt004 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 5 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt005 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 6 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt006 crw--w--w- 2 wescott 27, 7 May 12 10:37 /dev/sxt007 The major number is 27. This info is also available in /etc/master: sxt 0 37 44 sxt 0 0 27 8 0 These numbers are valid for the TowerXP as well. -- -Mike Wescott wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM
brandon@tdi2.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (05/16/87)
Quoted from <7283@brl-adm.ARPA> ["SXTs files"], by kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Arik Kaplan)... +--------------- | Does some one knows what is the device major number of the | SXTs files | I work on System V under Tower machine and when I tryed to | install the shl(1) I had problems because of the fact that | the computer doesn't know the major device number +--------------- You're out of luck; your kernel doesn't support SXT devices. (Neither does mine. I finally got a chance to use shl recently, and now I'm royally p*ssed at our computer company; it may not be perfect, but it's FAR better than nothing at all!) ++Brando -- Brandon S. Allbery UUCP: cbatt!cwruecmp!ncoast!tdi2!brandon Tridelta Industries, Inc. CSNET: ncoast!allbery@Case 7350 Corporate Blvd. INTERNET: ncoast!allbery%Case.CSNET@relay.CS.NET Mentor, Ohio 44060 PHONE: +1 216 255 1080 (home +1 216 974 9210)
wescott@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott) (05/20/87)
In article <355@tdi2.UUCP> brandon@tdi2.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes: > Quoted from <7283@brl-adm.ARPA> ["SXTs files"], by kaplan%BIMACS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (Arik Kaplan)... > +--------------- > | Does some one knows what is the device major number of the > | SXTs files > | I work on System V under Tower machine > +--------------- > You're out of luck; your kernel doesn't support SXT devices. (Neither does > mine. Don't be so hasty...his kernel DOES support SXT's and shl. It was made available on the NCR Tower with one of the early updates to release 3.0 of the OS. And it is still supported on current releases of the TowerXP and Tower32. -- -Mike Wescott wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM
jimpa@f103a.UUCP (jimpa) (05/22/87)
When sxt was released for the Towers it turned out that some of the first distribution-tapes did not modify the corresponding SA-menus. If your installation is correct, there should be a menu under system reconfiguration that is called "Shell layers". That should do all the dirty work for you. -- Jim Svensson/FRI (jimpa@f103a.UUCP)