Re: Deleted /dev/hda (MBR)

["Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@ai.mit.edu>]

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 (tux@gmx.li) 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