[ale] IDE Devices under Linux

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

By copying /dev/hdf to /dev/hdg, you created a new instance of /dev/hdf.
It *says* /dev/hdg, but it is still /dev/hdf.  You need to rm it, and read
the man pages on MAKEDEV and mknod.

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:

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> I finally got a boot disk going (actually ended up using zdisk cause it lets
> me setup new kernels easier). I've got a patched 2.2.19 kernel that
> recognizes Ultra ATA drives (a requirement for this project) that boots on
> the floppy and recognized both ide drives on my test machine, /dev/hdc (the
> normal one) and /dev/hdg (the Ultra ATA drive). Imagine my surprise when I
> couldn't mount /dev/hdg even though the kernel shows its presense during
> boot! Well I determined that zdisk quit adding hdX devices at /dev/hdf
> (naturally). So... I simply did a "cp --archive /dev/hdf /dev/hdg" to get
> this device present. Unfortunately this didn't cut it. Will somone in the
> know of device majic please tell me how to add new ide devices under my /dev
> directory?
>
> 	Many thanx!
>
> 		Ben Scherrey
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