Re: Help - I can't create device files.

From: Beardy (beardy_at_beardy.net)
Date: 10/28/03 

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:42:20 +0000

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> Tim Bradshaw wrote:
>
>>* David Kirkby wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Perhaps there is a conflict here. The file you said is saying the
>>>device files should be created as c5 and another file is saying c3, so
>>>they don't get created at all.
>>
>>I'd truss devfsadm (or whatever it calls) and try and work out what
>>it's doing, or not doing.
>>
>>Alternatively can't you just restore /dev and /devices from backup and
>>try and start afresh?
>>
>>--tim
>
>
> Thanks Tim,
> I tooke your advice and restored from a slightly older tape just
> /devices and /dev and all was okay!!!! I noticed that on the tape
> there were devices for /dev/dsk/c3* and /dev/dsk/c5*, although I'd
> noticed before. Anyway, I successfully mounted the file systems using
> the /dev/dsk/c3* devices files. However, when I run
>
> # devfsadm -Cvs
>
> it reported it wanted to remove the /dev/dsk/c3* files, which I was
> using. Fearing that this would happen if the system needed a boot -r
> at some time, I felt I needed to sort it out. Anyway, I unmounted the
> file systems, run devfsadm -C and it left me with only the
> /dev/dsk/c5* files. The file systems mounted okay using them. I've
> since done a boot -r and find the system is okay. So I will remain
> using the /dev/dsk/c5*. I can live with that.
>
> Anyway, its all okay now. Before retiring to bed I'll boot from CD and
> back up /, /usr and /var.
>
> Thanks for your advice. I'm glad that one is over!!!
>
> dave k

IMO its not "over", its just temporarily dormant; and will bite you on
the arse again just when you're not expecting it to... ;^}

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