On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 08:37:29PM +0200, Moritz Schulte (tux@gmx.li) wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 04:39:24PM +0100, Dominik Bittl wrote:
>
> > I deleted /dev/hda as root and now i cant boot anymore (without
> > disc) !!
<...>
> > What can i do ??
>
> 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
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