Mandrake 8.2 deleting symlink on boot in /dev

[Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
  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.
  Can someone help me stop this from happening?

Thanks,
Robert