Re: Out of ptys??

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
21 Aug 1998 05:51:01 GMT

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.

-hpa

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