persistence across reboots

[corleyja@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I apologize if this is not the correct forum for this question, but I have 
been unable to find an answer to my questions anywhere else.  I have the 
2.4.0 kernel running with devfs enabled.  I have followed the instructions 
found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html to a tee,
 and yet I still cannot get devfs to save permissions across a reboot.  
For example, if I chown user /dev/sound/* and reboot, when the box comes 
back up, I see that the files are owned by root again.  I have added the 
following to my /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file: 

        mount --bind /dev /dev-state
        mount -t devfs none /dev
        /sbin/devfsd /dev

I've also edited my /etc/devfsd.conf file as follows:

        # Sample /etc/devfsd.conf configuration file.
        # Richard Gooch  <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>         3-JUL-2000
        #
        # Enable full compatibility mode for old device names. You may comment 
these
        # out if you don't use the old device names. Make sure you know what 
you're
        # doing!
        REGISTER        .*              MKOLDCOMPAT
        UNREGISTER      .*              RMOLDCOMPAT
        
        # You may comment out the above and uncomment the following if you've
        # configured your system to use the original "new" devfs names or the 
really
        # new names
        #REGISTER       vc/.*           MKOLDCOMPAT
        #UNREGISTER     vc/.*           RMOLDCOMPAT
        #REGISTER       pty/.*          MKOLDCOMPAT
        #UNREGISTER     pty/.*          RMOLDCOMPAT
        #REGISTER       misc            MKOLDCOMPAT
        #UNREGISTER     misc            RMOLDCOMPAT
        
        # You may comment these out if you don't use the original "new" names
        REGISTER        .*              MKNEWCOMPAT
        UNREGISTER      .*              RMNEWCOMPAT
        
        # Enable module autoloading. You may comment this out if you don't use
        # autoloading
        LOOKUP          .*              MODLOAD
        
        #
        # Uncomment this if you want permissions to be saved and restored
        REGISTER        .*              COPY    /dev-state/$devname $devpath
        CHANGE          .*              COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname
        CREATE          .*              COPY    $devpath /dev-state/$devname

Is there something I'm missing/not understanding?  Well, there's obviously 
a fair amount I'm not understanding, but is it because I'm misreading the 
documents, looking at the wrong source, etc.?  Any help anyone can offer 
would be greatly appreciated.

Jason
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