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.