On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 09:09:16PM -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote:
> rune# wsfontload
> wsfontload: open ws-device /dev/wsfont: No such file or directory
> rune#
> 
> This is on an Alpha with 1.6 installed. I did not use sysinst. I can't 
> find any mention of wsfont in MAKEDEV, the man page doesn't give
> the major/minor numbers, and I'm not adept enough to pull the numbers
> out of the source. 
> 
> What do I plug into mknod to create wsfont?

Hi,

You need a more up to date MAKEDEV by the sounds of it.

My 1.6 box has the following in /dev/MAKEDEV:
wsfont)
        rm -f wsfont
        mknod wsfont c 81 0
        chmod 600 wsfont
        ;;

best wishes,
Chris