SUMMARY: /dev/MAKEDEV for Solaris 2.5.1

Tim Buller (buller@math.ukans.edu)
Tue, 13 May 1997 09:25:07 -0500 (CDT)

My original question:

> Could someone please mail me a copy of /dev/MAKEDEV for Solaris 2.5.1; it
> doesn't seem to be installed on any of my machines.

The answer:

/dev/MAKEDEV doesn't exist in Solaris 2.x. After the devices are attached,
do a 'boot -r' from the EEPROM monitor, and the kernel should detect new
devices and configure itself appropriately.

Alternatively, The following script (from the Solaris FAQ) does pretty
much the same thing without a reboot:

#!/bin/sh
#
# add-disk
#
# Runs the commands to make Solaris locate a new disk that
# has been plugged in after the system was booted.
#

/usr/sbin/drvconfig
/usr/sbin/devlinks
/usr/sbin/disks # or /usr/sbin/tapes for tapes
/usr/ucb/ucblinks # Compatibility links

exit 0

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Thanks to:
>From mikey@lanl.gov Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From mrs@cadem.mc.xerox.com Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From atreya@library.ucsf.edu Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From jeffw@smoe.org Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From ric@rtd.com Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From Glenn.Satchell@uniq.com.au Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From ziggy@trends.ca Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From milun@cs.Buffalo.EDU Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From RAVKRISH.IN.ORACLE.COM.ofcmail@in.oracle.com Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From hb@o2tech.fr Tue May 13 09:20:50 1997
>From tony@csc20.essex.ac.uk Tue May 13 09:20:51 1997
>From root@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov Tue May 13 09:20:51 1997

Tim

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Tim Buller buller@math.ukans.edu
Math Department Systems Specialist Snow Hall 643
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 913-864-7311