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From FreeBSD 6.0 onwards, device nodes can only exist in devfs. (Ok, technically you can create them elsewhere, but you can't use them to access devices.)
by cperciva 5y ago
From FreeBSD 6.0 onwards, device nodes can only exist in devfs. (Ok, technically you can create them elsewhere, but you can't use them to access devices.)
- umanwizard 5y agoI see. I’m more familiar with OpenBSD which I don’t think has such a restriction. (Though I could be wrong).
- ben_bai 5y agoThat's why most partitions have the nodev mount option. An (one of the rreasons) why there is pushback on a single big partition for everything.