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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:20:50 +0100
From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To: un_x@anchorage.net
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Subject: Re: /dev/wd0
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On Mon, Jun 16, 1997 at 09:46:32AM -0700, un_x@anchorage.net wrote:
> i thought i'd use some new-found intelligence and clean up my
> /dev directory of unused devices, and ended up deleting my
> rwd0 devices ...  now i'm screwed!  i didn't realize they
> were part of wd0 ...
> 
> i can only get a read-only fs now - can i repair this damage?
> or do i have to re-install everything?  (i hope not! :( )

Try:
	# cd /dev
	# ./MAKEDEV all

That should rebuild everything.

Joe.
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