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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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