udev issues backing up /dev
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 09:59:35AM +0100, pinniped wrote:
>
> Just make sure you have the (empty) directories /dev and /dev/pts. The
> system DOES need a few devices before udev does its magic - for those
> create the device nodes the usual way. (have a look at the makedevices
> script for clues) I remember reading instructions on this months ago but
> can't recall the link - google will probably dig it up for you.
MAKEDEV is not going to help. I am trying to backup a system. If the
backup is not bootable, MAKEDEV is not usable. Aside from that, the
idea is to save the devices that are there; it is possible that some
package or person could add a special node. If that happens, a backup
should catch it.
The hiding of a mounted filesystem seems very broken to my sysadmin
side.
Be well,
rir
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