* T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20080711 17:46]: > Do I need to backup the /dev directory when backing up my root fs?
> FYI, I thought udev would populate it on boot up so I didn't backup the /dev > directory. However, I got > Warning: unable to open initial console > and the boot froze. > Going through all the possible reasons in http://kerneltrap.org/node/2205 > did I realize that my /dev directory should be backed up & populated. Well, static devices can be found in /dev/.static/dev and if configured/used also in /lib/udev/devices. What's really important are the null, zero, console and tty[0-9] devices which are all easy to generate/restore using MAKEDEV in case you lose them. So basically it's not necessary to backup /dev as long as you know how to recover it ;) - but as /dev is usually less than 1MB size it won't hurt to place it in your backups as well. ;) hth && regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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