Re: special files on a floppy
From: KW (solidbusiness_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/20/03
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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:38:21 -0400
When specifying these types of parameters in linux, there is no device named
"/null" so you would have to use just the "/" slash as the naming convention
"Leif Burrow" <Leif@unforge***nospam***ttability.net> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to create a custom linux boot disk, following the
> directions on the Linux BootDisk Howto from the LDP. As part of this
> process I need to create a /dev/fd0 and a /dev/null on an ext2 formatted
> floppy.
>
> I have tried mounting the disk both with "-o dev" as instructed on the
HOWTO
> and without it. I have tried copying the files from /dev from my hard
> drive using the -R option of cp and creating them myself with mknod. I
have
> tried all this both on my desktop which runs Woody and on my laptop
running
> Mandrake 8.0.
>
> The problem is that I keep getting the message "cannot create special file
> `./null': Operation not permitted", or "" './fd0' "".
>
> TIA for any help!
>
> Leif
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