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Josef Karthauser 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.

nope.  just tried it.  my FS is READ-ONLY.  mknod can't write to it.
i don't understand - why is there 2 devices for a HD?
ie - wd AND rwd ... ?