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DateMon, 5 Jan 1998 09:39:15 +0100
FromMartin von Loewis <>
SubjectRe: 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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