Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:39:15 +0100 | | From | Martin von Loewis <> | | | Subject | Re: NFS bug (Linux 2.0.33 to HP): device files major num==0! |
> > When I NFS mount the Linux box to itself, rdev for tty1 is 00 00 04 01.
> > But when I NFS mount the HP box onto the Linux box, the rdev value is
> > 04 00 00 01.
>
> Ah, HP/UX probably has 24-bit minor device numbers, so I suspect you
> could solve the problem without any kernel modifications with commands
> like
> mknod .../dev/tty1 c 0 1025
I had a similar problem when mounting from a Solaris server. I
eventually solved it by making the devices remotely from a Linux
box. In that case, the server will hopefully leave the bytes it gets
un-interpreted, and return them as it received them.
Regards,
Martin
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