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Thank you very much Martijn van Buul and Kees J Bot.  I will try all you say and
will let you know how it goes.
Sara

> It occurred to me that Kees J Bot wrote in comp.os.minix:
> >  In article <slrn9c5o6t.u22.pino+comp_os_minix@mud.stack.nl>,
> >  Martijn van Buul <pino+comp_os_minix@dohd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >At second thought: You'll need to re-execute the above MAKEDEV statements
> > >after you completed the setup-script. The device nodes are made in the
> > >RAM disk and, unless I'm mistaken, they're not copied to your freshly
> > >installed root filesystem.
> >
> >  I happen to have thought of that.  The ramdisk /dev/ is copied to the
> >  new root as well.  Look for the line in setup that mentions MAKEDEV.

