Re: Using dd.exe to make forensic images of NTFS drives

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:00:49 PDT, Bill Schoolcraft said:
> > # cd /dev; /dist/dev/MAKEDEV std
>
> Hi Jim, I didn't get the reason for the "MAKEDEV std" on the

It populates /dev with all the nice entries you'd like to have handy, stuff like entries for your disk partitions, etc. I'd list them but I don't have a FreeBSD handy.

If you're REALLY curious, do this:

# cd /dev
# ls
# /dist/dev/MAKEDEV std
# ls

and see all the stuff that appeared. ;)