At 09:04 AM 11/8/2000 +0100, jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
>On  7 Nov, Matt Thomas wrote:
>
> > Doesn't happen for me.  Maybe you should nuke all your st devices
> > and remake them?
>---
>[root@Zimbo dev]$ rm /dev/*st[0-9]*
>[root@Zimbo dev]$ ./MAKEDEV st0
>[root@Zimbo dev]$ l /dev/*st[0-9]*
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60,  4 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/nrst0
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60, 12 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/nrst8
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21,  4 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/nst0
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21, 12 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/nst8
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60,  0 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/rst0
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60, 12 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/rst12
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60,  4 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/rst4
>crw-rw----  1 root  operator  60,  8 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/rst8
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21,  0 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/st0
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21, 12 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/st12
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21,  4 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/st4
>brw-rw----  1 root  operator  21,  8 Nov  8 08:12 /dev/st8
>---
>The same. Blockdevices and /dev/nrst0 == /dev/rst4.
>See my other mail to Carl Lowenstein <cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu>. I think there
>are different minor device numbering conventions in the varios drivers.
>I will visit the man pages for tape devices in section 4 and if
>necessary the kernel source to get a better overveiw.

What version of MAKEDEV are you using?  Unless you are running
1.5 or -current, your MAKEDEV is out of date.
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