HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

mksf(1M) mksf(1M)

No such device in the system

No device in the system matched the options speciﬁed. Use

ioscan to list the devices in the system

(see ioscan(1M)).

Device driver name is not in the kernel

Device class

name is not in the kernel

The indicated device driver or device class is not present in the kernel. Add the appropriate device

driver and/or device class to the kernel using

kcmodule.

Device has no instance number

The speciﬁed device has not been assigned an instance number. Use

ioscan to assign an instance to

the device.

Directory directory doesn’t exist

The directory argument of the -D

option doesn’t exist. Use mkdir to create the directory (see

mkdir(1)).

EXAMPLES

Make a special ﬁle named

/dev/printer for the line printer device associated with instance number 2.

mksf -C printer -I 2 /dev/printer

Make a special ﬁle, using the default naming convention, for the tape device at hardware path 8.4.1. The

driver-speciﬁc options specify 1600 bits per inch and no rewind on close.

mksf -C tape -H 8.4.1 -b D1600 -n

WARNINGS

Many commands and subsystems assume their device ﬁles are in /dev; therefore, the use of the

-D option

is discouraged.

AUTHOR

mksf was developed by HP.

FILES

/dev/config I/O system special ﬁle

/etc/mtconfig Tape driver property table database