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Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 10:06:51 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Triztan <triztan@lls.se>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: problem
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On Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 01:11:24PM -0100, Triztan wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a problem regarding FreeBSD, and I don't really know who I should
> ask...

-questions is fine, but you'll get more answers if you put a
meaningful text in the Subject: line.  Check out
http://www.lemis.com/email.html for some suggestions.

> it seems as if the device files for my harddrive are lost...so now, I can
> only get readonly(don't know why this works) rights to my harddrive, and
> therefor I can't make new ones, so I wonder what I can do to solve this...

I think we need a lot more information for this.  It sounds to me like
you have an automatic file system check failing when you boot.  Could
you describe what happens, please?

For reference, the device files are just names which point to tables
in the kernel.  It is possible to lose them, but the results wouldn't
quite be what you describe.

Merry Christmas
Greg