Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Out of ptys?? | Date | 21 Aug 1998 05:51:01 GMT |
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Followup to: <6rhoq9$s04@pell.pell.portland.or.us> By author: o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s (david parsons) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I don't think you understand my circumstance. Today, I run 2.0.27 > on my production machines (with a WebShield between them and the > outside world, so icky bad packets don't get in), but occasionally > have to boot into 1.2.13 so I can read SGI-formatted tapes. If I > have to run MAKEDEV _every_ _single_ _time_ _I_ _reboot_ _my_ > _machine_ so ptys will work, this is a kludge of massive > proportions. >
Sounds like the problem is that current kernels don't read SGI-formatted tapes (why is that)? Let's fix the real problem.
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