On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 10:26:06PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: :On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 08:37:29PM +0200, Moritz Schulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: :> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 04:39:24PM +0100, Dominik Bittl wrote:
:> if i am right, and you really have only deleted this device file, then :> you could try the following: boot a GNU/Linux system. if you don't :> have another working one on your harddisk, get a one of those :> floppy-distributions. for example 'Toms RtBt' from :> http://www.toms.net. then, mount your root partition, and recreate :> /dev/hda. if your rescue system, has the MAKEDEV script, use this. if ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :> not, use mknod. /dev/hda is a block device, with the major number 3 :> and minor number 0. so, 'mknod /path/to/your/root/partition/dev/hda b :> 3 0' should work. if not, see the manpage. : :Overkill. Way overkill. : : man MAKEDEV