Bug 135377 – No /dev/nst0 created

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Bug 135377 - No /dev/nst0 created

Summary:	No /dev/nst0 created

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	udev (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3
Hardware:	athlon Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Harald Hoyer
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Blocks:	FC3Target
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Reported:	2004-10-12 07:36 EDT by Neal Becker
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-10-20 07:15:52 EDT
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Description Neal Becker 2004-10-12 07:36:40 EDT

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Description of problem:
There is no /dev/nst0.  I have a scsi tape unit.

Until last updates this workaround was useable:

modprobe st

Now, this doesn't work either.  IMHO, this must be fixed before release.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
udev-034-2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mt -t /dev/nst0 rewind
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Additional info:

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-12 08:18:51 EDT

1. does "mt -t /dev/nst0 rewind" work after "/sbin/MAKEDEV -z nst0" ??
2. does downgrading to a prior version of udev fix your problem

Comment 2 Neal Becker 2004-10-12 08:21:41 EDT

 sudo /sbin/MAKEDEV -z nst0 
/sbin/MAKEDEV: invalid option -- z

Comment 3 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-12 08:22:35 EDT

oops, I meant "/sbin/MAKEDEV -x nst0"

Comment 4 Neal Becker 2004-10-12 08:25:36 EDT

After /sbin/MAKEDEV nst0, I can access my tape unit fine. 
I am backing up right now.

Comment 5 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-12 10:50:40 EDT

please try udev-035-1, as soon as it appears in rawhide

Comment 6 Neal Becker 2004-10-13 12:47:38 EDT

OK, I have udev-035-1.  It might be working.  Not sure how to test. 
 
The tape appears to work, but I have /dev/nst0 already there before 
last boot.  Should I try rm-ing it and see if udev creates it?  Is 
that how things are suppoesed to work?

Comment 7 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-14 04:32:43 EDT

Ã®f you have a standard fedora 3 installation, a tmpfs is mounted on
/tmp, so /tmp is gone after every reboot... :)

Comment 8 Neal Becker 2004-10-14 09:57:09 EDT

Wow, I have no idea what you're saying. 
 
1. I _do_ have a new install of fc3t2, with all updates.  There is no 
tmpfs mounted on /tmp. 
 
2. What does this have to do with whether /dev/nst0 is created 
statically or dynamically?

Comment 9 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-14 10:27:02 EDT

really????
$ cat /proc/mounts|fgrep ' /dev'

Comment 10 Neal Becker 2004-10-14 10:30:19 EDT

I see, yes.  Strange, 'mount' doesn't show this.  Sounds like a bug 
in mount IMHO.

Comment 11 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-14 10:33:35 EDT

no... /etc/mtab was not there at the time /tmp was mounted... this
happened in the initramfs phase... before "/" was mounted.

Comment 12 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-14 10:36:08 EDT

so, just reboot and all devices you see in /dev were created by udev..

Comment 13 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-20 06:58:43 EDT

status?

Comment 14 Neal Becker 2004-10-20 07:07:03 EDT

Appears to be fixed.  Thanks!

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