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From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Re: [XFree86]  Help needed badly
Message-ID: <1992Nov23.000309.10329@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
References: <20NOV199220254593@v9001> <1992Nov21.063206.22717@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 00:03:09 GMT
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In article <1992Nov21.063206.22717@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> othman@ntrc25.ntrc.ntu.ac.sg (othman (EEE/Div 4)) writes:
>AZ7141633 (az7141633@v9001) wrote:
>
>: >   Mtools does not work,
>
>recompile a new one. get it from etcdist
>

I used an easier method:

su root
cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV fd0
sh MAKEDEV fd1
exit

Mtools apparently was trying to open nonexistent devices.

-- 
Jim H.
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* James L. Henrickson  |  "I don't need a signature, I need a job!"
* ujlh@sunyit.edu      |  BSCS, December 1992