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To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
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Subject: Re: devfs 
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In message <20010818151217.A85171@leviathan.inethouston.net>, "David W. Chapman
 Jr." writes:

>If I'm using devfs on -current, can I erase the contents of my /dev 
>before devfs is mounted to save space?

Yes, the easiest way is:

	boot singleuser
	mount -o rw /
	mv /dev /dev_
	mkdir /dev
	chmod 755 /dev
	reboot
	...
	rm -rf /dev_

	
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