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List:       freebsd-sparc64
Subject:    Re: devfs and disklabeling
From:       "David O'Brien" <obrien () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2002-04-17 4:22:51
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 02:50:13PM -0400, Adam Crosby wrote:
> Now, how do I use the 'newfs'?  I had thought it would be something
> like 'newfs /dev/ad0a' ....but the only partition showing in /dev is
> the /dev/ad0c (and of course /dev/ad0).  At this point, my first
> thought was 'sh MAKEDEV' - but alas, it's not there! :)  So, did I do
> something wrong?  Or is my system just messed up?

First off, please wrap your email lines properly.

With devfs a device will "appear" when it is opened.  Thus doing 
    newfs /dev/ad0a

will open the device and devfs will create it in /dev for you at that
time.

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