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by **nave** » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:36:58

hello. i am trying to install solstice x.25 9.2 package on solaris
2.8. i wanna use the serial port for physical connectivity, but my

solstice package installation did not create this device. how do i
create this character special device? does anyone know the mknod
parameters for this one (major/minor numbers, etc)? i would greatly
appreciate any help on this.

thanks, naveed

by **Greg Andre** » Sun, 27 Jan 2002 01:21:47

>hello. i am trying to install solstice x.25 9.2 package on solaris
>2.8. i wanna use the serial port for physical connectivity, but my

>solstice package installation did not create this device. how do i
>create this character special device? does anyone know the mknod
>parameters for this one (major/minor numbers, etc)? i would greatly
>appreciate any help on this.

What workstation or server are you running this on?

-Greg
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by **Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engine** » Sun, 27 Jan 2002 01:35:59

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>hello. i am trying to install solstice x.25 9.2 package on solaris
>2.8. i wanna use the serial port for physical connectivity, but my

>solstice package installation did not create this device. how do i
>create this character special device? does anyone know the mknod
>parameters for this one (major/minor numbers, etc)? i would greatly
>appreciate any help on this.

What type of system do you have?

The zs* ports only exist on the Sbus systems, not on the PCI based
systems.

You probably want to use the /dev/se_hdlc* devices.

Casper
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by **nave** » Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:13:31

sevaral kind people have pointed out that i need to use the se(7d)
instead of zsh0. thanks to everyone who took time to post a reply!

naveed

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> >hello. i am trying to install solstice x.25 9.2 package on solaris
> >2.8. i wanna use the serial port for physical connectivity, but my

> >solstice package installation did not create this device. how do i
> >create this character special device? does anyone know the mknod
> >parameters for this one (major/minor numbers, etc)? i would greatly
> >appreciate any help on this.

> What type of system do you have?

> The zs* ports only exist on the Sbus systems, not on the PCI based
> systems.

> You probably want to use the /dev/se_hdlc* devices.

> Casper

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