Re: udev issues backing up /dev

2007-02-27 Thread rir
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 08:56:32AM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: rir wrote: My question is what should I be backing up regarding udev? You imply that, on a running system, /dev/.static/dev should be backed up as /dev. I can't add anything to the discussion re. /dev, but am curious about

Re: udev issues backing up /dev

2007-02-26 Thread Bob McGowan
rir wrote: On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 04:36:56PM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: backup using dump/restore - it backs up whole filesystem (unless you exclude/include only some files), even the hidden part. however, udev remounts the original /dev to /dev/.static, with a small hacks, you

Re: udev issues backing up /dev

2007-02-25 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
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

Re: udev issues backing up /dev

2007-02-25 Thread rir
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 04:36:56PM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: backup using dump/restore - it backs up whole filesystem (unless you exclude/include only some files), even the hidden part. however, udev remounts the original /dev to /dev/.static, with a small hacks, you can mount

udev issues backing up /dev

2007-02-24 Thread rir
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)