Look in /usr/src/kernel-source-??/Documentation/devices.txt for
information on devices.
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
i did some work removing unneeded files/devices in the /dev directory but
i still get an error ( cp: /mnt/bin/bash: No space left on device ),what
command i need to do to know the space left on my disk and does there is
some utility to compress the library so they still remain executable (i
My /dev directory only takes up 1.4MB of space. To my understanding, it
normally isn't a good idea to erase device files. The same goes for any
system file. Anyway, you can use the df and du commands to find out
what your disk usage is. Look at the man pages for the appropriate
command line
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
Those are your device drivers! BE CAREFUL IN THERE!
For example, if you have an ide hard disk it is /dev/hda
i do know,i take extreme precaution before making a move there but there's
cryptic devices there who i don't know they're purpose,all who's compiled
in my custom kernel is
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