[wellylug] making a new device permanent

andrej at paradise.net.nz andrej at paradise.net.nz
Fri Mar 18 08:24:13 NZDT 2005


> "...If the device /dev/net/tun is (still) missing, create it
> with mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200.."
> 
> Right I do that. And magically the device is created. Yay!
> 
> So, I reboot the machine, and guess what? - device is gone - and I need
> to recreate it... bugger.
> 
> Any ideas on how to apply some permanence to my tun device???
> makedev?devfsd?
Using a old 2.4 kernel without devfs or a 2.4 with
devfs or a 2.6 using udev?


> cheers
> 
> jamie
Cheers,
Andrej




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