gore@sequent.UUCP (Ross Gore) (08/04/90)
Not being a UNIX guru, but knowing enough to get around, I am trying to
mount an additional storage module (s1) on a 10.1 DSP90 (egad!) using the
BSD4.3 commands "/etc/mknod" and "/etc/mount". The manual "Managing BSD
System Software (010853-A00)" describes the mknod command usage as
"/etc/mknod name b|c major minor" with very little description of just
what "major" and "minor" are.
Through several attempts and some deductive reasoning, I believe that "major"
refers to the unit number (much like if you have multiple IKON print drivers),
and minor refers to drive number (0 or 1). Is this correct? What values do
I need to substitute for major and minor? I tried a few combinations, but
received messages like "device busy" or "no such device". BTW, the value I
substituted for "name" was "/dev/dsk/S0d1s1". Do I also need to create other
block files in /dev/rdsk and /dev?
Thank you in advance.
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