Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Andrew Benton wrote:
>
> > Simon Geard wrote:
> > > To correct it, remove /dev/null, and re-create it with:
> > >
> > > mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3
> > >
> > > I.e a character device, major/minor pair of 1,3, and
> > > world-writable.
> > >
> >
> > If udev is running, won't /dev be a temporary filesystem that will
> > disappear when you reboot?
>
> Yes to this part
>
> > It would be best to do this from your host system and chroot into
> > lfs without mounting /dev
> >
>
> /dev/null *should* be recreated in the temporary fs by the
> 25-lfs.rules file once udev is running. Maybe Donal's 25-lfs.rules
> is missing from /etc/udev/rules.d, or maybe he was looking at
> /mnt/lfs/dev *from* another system.
>
I think his /dev/null already exists as a file. Every script you look at
seems to use /dev/null for errors (to frustrate debugging, no doubt :)
If he tries 'less /dev/null' with his present setup, it may prove me
right.
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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