mknod on HP-UX 11.31 getting usage message

[John Jimenez]

Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

mknod /dev/vg10/group c 128 0x00a000 /dev/disk/disk34
mknod: arg count
usage: mknod name b|c major minor
       mknod name p

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

You don't specify a disk drive device file when creating the VGs group file.  All you need is:

mknod /dev/vg10/group c 128 0x00a000

The minor number is usually specified as 0x0a0000, when you use the first 2 characters of the hex number for the minor number.

So, I think you should do:

mknod /dev/vg10/group c 128 0x0a0000

[John Jimenez]

What the heck was I doing?    Just back from vacation, I guess my brain is still there.....Thanks Patrick.