Re: Backup up the /dev/ directory
>>>>> "S" == S Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@pathcom.com> writes:
S> I'd like to move my Debian sid system over to DevFS. But before
S> I take the plunge I am wondering if there is any way to backup
S> the non-DevFS based devices under /dev, so that if anything
S> goes majorly haywire when I switch to DevFS I can possibly go
S> back to the original non-DevFS based setup ?
S> Will it suffice to just make a tarball of the /dev/ directory ?
You don't need to do anything. The new devfs will mount over the top
of the old /dev directory hiding its contents.
Just remember to say "mount devfs on startup" (or something similar)
in the kernel compile time options.
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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