what serve the file in the /dev directory

[Alain Toussaint <alaint@boisfrancs.qc.ca>]

Hello
	i need to know what serve the files in the /dev directory,it's
because i did some experiment trying to build a boot/root disk set (sort
of rescue disk and a good way to learn about linux),i copied all the files
in the /dev directory to a floppy disk (the root disk in question) using
this method:
               cd /dev
               find . -print | cpio -pmd /mnt/dev

i also copied the needed library for bash ( libreadline.so.2,
libncurses.so.3.0, libdl.so.1 and libc.so.5 ) but now,i lack the space
needed for copying bash,does anyone here know where i can get the
information i need to safely prune the /dev directory without erasing
something important ??

thanks a lot for your help !!

Alain



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