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Re: symlinks destroyed on boot for a zip drive

To: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Devfs <devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: symlinks destroyed on boot for a zip drive
From: Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:40:13 -0400
In-reply-to: <200210221119.06516.russell@coker.com.au>
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Hi Russell,
   I printed out the FAQ last night and went over it, but I have to read it 
again more closely.   I apologize for not giving you config scripts, but as I 
have no prior knowledge about this subject, I didn't know what you would 
want.
   When I referred to 8.2, I meant Linux Mandrake version 8.2.
If you could tell me what config scripts to post, I will be happy to do that.  
As I said, I need to reread the FAQ again, study it, actually, so I 
understand a little better what's going on here.

Thanks,
Robert
   


On Tuesday 22 October 2002 5:19 am, you wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:37, Robert wrote:
> > my zip drive with supermount.   The reason is that something is wiping
> > out my symlink called "hdd4" in the /dev directory.   Originally, I had a
>
> /dev is effectively a ram-disk, every reboot clears it out...
>
> > "/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4".  If I go to create the link, I have
> > to first eliminate the /hdd4 directory that is being created each time I
>
> It sounds like something in your devfsd configuration or your boot scripts
> is creating it.  But as you didn't attach copies of any configuration files
> to your message it's difficult to even guess what the error might be.
>
> What is 8.2 anyway?
>
> > boot. I use this syntax:  "ln -s /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/part4
>
> That only creates it as a transient entry in a ram disk.  When you reboot
> it disappears.  You need to put something like the following in your devfsd
> config:
> REGISTER        ^ide/.*      MKOLDCOMPAT
> UNREGISTER      ^ide/.*      RMOLDCOMPAT



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