[Novalug] /dev question

[macoafi at gmail.com]

If you're using Ubuntu, it's normal to see a ton of unused nodes.  I
don't know why, but Ubuntu pre-mknod's for a bunch of stuff not on the
system.  Most distros don't mknod until the device has been plugged
in.

On 5/27/08, Charles M Howe <cmhowe at patriot.net> wrote:
> List,
>
> When I do ls /dev, I see several hundred short files of one type (and a
> handful of of other files of another type). Although I will not claim to
> have burned the midnight oil researching this question, I have spent a
> non-trivial amount of time on it but have been unsuccessful. What gives?
>
> Charlie the Perpetual Newbie
>
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