udev or no udev, I am confused

[phyrster <phyrster@gmail.com>]

Hi Debianers, 

Out of a rackless upgrade, 'df' command shows the following line: 

|/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2  ext3    8.0G  4.1G  3.6G  53% /

instead of /dev/hda2. 

I think I deleted some packages but I can't trace back. 

My question is: 
will udev change the situation? 
(I am using kernel 2.6.12, what other requirements do I need?)

there is also a package devfsd, what's the difference between it and udev?

what is the default package/configuration what makes 'df' show device names
like /dev/hda2 ?



regards

bxuef

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