pplaw wrote: > ls -l /dev/hdc > > -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Mar 12 10:06 /dev/hdc > > (one of my other boxes shows it the right way: > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 5 2000 > /dev/hdc.) > > how do i make /dev/hdc a block device, again. > rm /dev/hdc mknod /dev/hdc b 22 0 tested it here, seems to work don't forget to change the permissions to match your previous setup mike