[SunHELP] Re: /dev

[Edward Chase]

Doesn't "boot -reset" from an "OK" prompt take care of this?


At 05:54 PM 12/14/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a problem with a new system (no backup yet).  The /dev directory 
>was blown away.  My question is how to restore /dev.  Booting from cdrom 
>and copying /dev to /dev on the boot disk does not work.  I could restore 
>/dev from tape from a similar system; this should preserve the links but 
>I'm not sure of the impact on the links to /devices.   Any ideas?
>Thanks
>Wayne

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