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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:26:47 +1200
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> > there is no /dev/hde2 in /dev.  Accordingly, I have just 
> > downloaded SW4.0 /a2/devs.tgz 
> 
> That should work; however, it is not necessary.  

    It didn't work anyway ! Not enough space for the new devs.   :(

> You can create any devs you need.  For example:
> -----------------------
> mknod /dev/hde2  b 33 2
> ----------------------- 

   That is similar what I did, after trying all sorts of combinations (the 
"help" info is really cryptic and no help at all), and managed to make 
hde2/hde3/hde4 with some odd values, but they worked.  :)

    I used:  makedevs /dev/hde b 33 2 2 4   which gave some out-of-sequence 
numbers when looked at with 'dir', but it seems to work.  I will install the 
devs.tgz later, which hopefully will overwrite any mistakes.
There is now enough room for all of that in this 30 GB partition.    :)

    The basic BL3 is now installed on the second partition of my first SATA 
drive, and boots from DOS on the first SATA drive.    I felt very smug when 
it actually worked.  :)

     Of course, this machine has the sound, and the ethernet connection, as 
chips mounted directly on the Gigabyte motherboard, so there are still plenty 
of challenges to keep me amused for a while to come.

Regards,
         Ron

-- 
Ron Clarke 
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