SUMM: /dev/null

From: Sheryl A. Campbell <campbell_at_lvc.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:52:49 -0400 (EDT)

Greetings from She of the Great Red Face with the BAD Eyesight!

A big thanks to

Michael R. Kline mike_at_lib.utexas.edu

who, in an astonishing 13 minutes, had me my answer: I should have been
wearing my glasses when I typed the stupid line! I think it's -definitely-
time to go home. Thanks again, and sorry for taking up your bandwidth with
proofreading problems!

Regards,

        Sheryl <insert sheepish grin>




At 03:51 PM 6/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Sheryl,
>
>You should have done:
>
>./MAKEDEV null
>
>not
>
>./MAKEDEV /null
> ^
>
>Just a typo.
>
>Mike
>
>
>Sheryl A. Campbell wrote:
>>
>> Uh-oh...
>>
>> Per my last request, which had to do with removing a message at startup
>> telling me WARNING: iget, dinode no.3016 changed, I received a couple of
>> answers which told me to re-make my /dev/null device by entering:
>>
>> rm /dev/null
>>
>> cd /dev; MAKEDEV null
>>
>> Well, I did this, and the horrible Unix monster told me this:
>>
>> % ROOT admin::/dev> ./MAKEDEV /null
>> MAKEDEV: special file(s) for /null:
>> MAKEDEV: unknown device in: /null
>>
>> I checked, and I no longer have a /dev/null! What do I do? Is this critical?
>> How do I fix it? YIKES! Any help is appreciated, revered, and graciously
>> sought. Thanks!
>>
>> Sheryl
>>

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