From: radel@ravel.udel.edu (Todd Radel) Subject: Re: got root95c+, now need device driver for lp0... Date: 12 Apr 1992 02:12:40 GMT
In article <1992Apr10.233108.24771@colorado.edu> drew@romeo.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) writes:
>In article <5301@pdxgate.UUCP> moyerg@jove.cs.pdx.edu (gary a moyer) writes:
>>Well, I got the .95c+ release of the boot image (kudos to those
>>responsible). When I boot I get an 'lp0 recognized'. Anyhow,
>>I still have _no_ device driver for the printer at lp0. Is this
>>a question of which root image I'm using (am using .95 root image)?
>Line printer devices are character devices, major number 6.
>
>mknod /dev/lp0 6 0
Well, I tried that. I typed:
mknod /dev/lp0 c 6 0
and rebooted. The kernel reported something along the lines of "lp1
exists (0)". Then I tried:
cat some_text_file > /dev/lp0
I got an error "Cannot write to device". Any explanations?
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