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Old 04-16-2009, 08:04 PM   #1
orla999
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No sda1 in /dev

My custom kernel wont boot and i think i know why. there is no sda1 etc in /dev. how do i create them?
 
Old 04-17-2009, 12:07 AM   #2
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You can use the makedev and mknod tools. The kernel source directory also has a file named devices.txt somewhere with some relevant info.

See http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices.txt for a list of linux allocated devices (content is from 2005, so it's not very up-to-date).
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