Creating Device Files With MAKEDEV

Creating Device Files With MAKEDEV

If you need to create device files for a non-SCSI disk or a SCSI disk that is not on an integral SCSI controller, use the MAKEDEV command. The MAKEDEV command with no arguments creates a standard set of device files in the current directory, so normally it is executed from the /dev directory. As superuser, give these commands:

# cd /dev 
# ./MAKEDEV

By giving command line arguments, you can create some nonstandard devices with MAKEDEV. See the MAKEDEV(1M) reference page for information about creating nonstandard devices using MAKEDEV. Another way to create nonstandard devices with MAKEDEV is to edit the MAKEDEV script, in /dev/MAKEDEV, or its auxiliary scripts, in /dev/MAKEDEV.d, add devices, and run MAKEDEV as shown above.