cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks chapter.sgml

[Tom Rhodes]

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:02:44 +0100
Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 06:56:10PM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> > >  	  <para>Make sure the appropriate files exist in
> > > -	    <filename>/dev</filename>.</para>
> > > +	    <filename>/dev</filename>.  If the entries are missing,
> > > +	    force the system to retaste the media:</para>
> > > +
> > > +	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/null count=1</userinput></screen>
> > > +
> > > 
> > > What do you think about something cleaner like:
> > > 
> > > % cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 info
> > > 
> > > it has also the advantage to print the TOC for whose are interested in,
> > > and it can be done as standard user.
> > 
> > I tried this, but on my recent 6-STABLE system this haven't resulted in
> > creation on /dev nodes.
> >
> 
> I just did it on an older one (6-STABLE from Nov 18) and it worked (in
> fact it was the method I used on 5.X too).  Well, I assume there's
> something weaked with cdcontrol(1) then :(

Can I also tack on:

<filename role="directory">/dev</filename>

-- 
Tom Rhodes