On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:07:33 -0800 (PST), Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maykel Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I recently realized that I had /.dev, after that, I rm -fr it what > > rendered my system unbootabled. > > What led you to do such a thing? The idea "I don't know what this is, > so I should delete it" is rampant, and disastrous.
He might not have read the following passage in /etc/init.d/udev, but an extra comment to first unmount /.dev before removing it would help. # /.dev is used by /sbin/MAKEDEV to access the real /dev directory. # if you don't like this, remove /.dev/. [ -d /.dev ] && mount -n --bind /dev /.dev I've always found the existence of ./dev a bit weird in a directory listing of /. I'd rather have it in /var/lib/dev, but maybe that's just me ;) It is handy to have one around, to make it possible to for devices to be available before udev is loaded. MAKEDEV creates them in the static location, if one is present. -Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]