so if i remove all the /dev entries and then issue a ./MAKEDEV command, will 
that only build the ones i need?

GREG

> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:34:25PM +0100, Greg MATTHEWS wrote:
> > my /dev directory is full of lots of devices i dont need. can i use MAKEDEV to 
> > remove the unused/ unconfigured devices? i am running NetBSD1.5 on a sparc 
> > classic with a recently compiled custom kernel.
> 
> Not really, MAKEDEV doens't know how to remove devices nodes.
> You can use 'rm' to clean this up if you want, though.
> 
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