The files in the /dev are not the actual device drivers , but the files corresponding to a spesific device driver , so on my system the /dev/hda is the first harddisk etc. You don't actually need everyone. If you dont have a scsi disk you cant omit all the /dev/sd files. The best way to make these files are with the MAKEDEV script (or if you want you can make them manually with the mknod command ). The BootDisk-HOWTO has a list at the end telling which files you must have . On a really plain bootdisk i got away with : # ls -l /mnt/dev/ crw--w--w- 2 root tty 4, 0 Mar 29 07:06 console brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 29 07:06 fd0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 250 Mar 29 07:06 initrd crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 2 Mar 29 07:07 inportbm crw-rw---- 1 root kmem 1, 2 Mar 29 07:06 kmem crw-rw---- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Mar 29 07:06 mem crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 3 Mar 29 07:07 null brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Mar 29 07:06 ram0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 Mar 29 07:06 ram1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 Mar 29 07:06 ram2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 Mar 29 07:06 ram3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 Mar 29 07:06 ram4 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 Mar 29 07:06 ram5 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 Mar 29 07:06 ram6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 Mar 29 07:06 ram7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 29 07:06 ramdisk -> ram0 crw--w--w- 2 root tty 4, 0 Mar 29 07:06 systty crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 5, 0 Mar 29 09:23 tty lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 29 09:23 tty0 -> console crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 1 Mar 29 07:05 tty1 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 2 Mar 29 07:05 tty2 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 3 Mar 29 07:06 tty3 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 4 Mar 29 07:06 tty4 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 5 Mar 29 07:06 tty5 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 6 Mar 29 07:06 tty6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 5 Mar 29 07:07 zero But this doesn't add support for any type of fixed disk. The link from systty to console is after my understanding rather important, since my system won't boot witout it ! Happy hacking ! George Bonser wrote: > > > > Those are your device drivers! BE CAREFUL IN THERE! > > > > For example, if you have an ide hard disk it is /dev/hda > > > > On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > i need to know what serve the files in the /dev directory,it's > > > because i did some experiment trying to build a boot/root disk set (sort > > > of rescue disk and a good way to learn about linux),i copied all the files > > > in the /dev directory to a floppy disk (the root disk in question) using > > > this method: > > > cd /dev > > > find . -print | cpio -pmd /mnt/dev > > > > > > i also copied the needed library for bash ( libreadline.so.2, > > > libncurses.so.3.0, libdl.so.1 and libc.so.5 ) but now,i lack the space > > > needed for copying bash,does anyone here know where i can get the > > > information i need to safely prune the /dev directory without erasing > > > something important ?? > > > > > > thanks a lot for your help !! > > > > > > Alain > > --------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dragon.telnett.no/~fredrik > "Don't trust an operating system were you don't have the source."
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