Re: Mandrake 8.2 deleting symlink on boot in /dev

["Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming@xxxxxxx>]

Russell Coker wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 03:13, Robert wrote:
>
> >  I created a symlink to a valid block device ( in /dev ) to run my ATAPI
> >256 Mb internal IDE Zip drive, which it does with no problems.
> >  The result is "hdd4@" which is valid for my system configuration.
> > Everything works fine at this point.
> > However, if I reboot, or shutdown and restart, devfsd (I believe this is
> >the culprit), deletes the symlink, and installs an empty directory "/hdd4
> >in /dev in it's place.
>
>
> On a devfs system /dev is basically a RAM disk.  Every time you reboot it is
> wiped clean.  If you want something to be there after a reboot you have to
> change the devfsd configuration to cause it to be regenerated.
And the reason he's having problems with his ZIP drive in the first place is the 
infamous removable media problem discussed previously on the list...
Robert, if you go to http://members.cox.net/kpfleming/ide-floppy and apply those 
patches to your kernel, your ZIP drive will behave in the way you expect.