Strange strange strange. 1) I did the trick UDEV_DISABLED="yes" in /etc/udev/udev.conf (note not on the command line) and got nothing under /etc/udev/.dev ???
2) In order to help you, I removed it and booted normally with udev 0.080 and it worked (execpt a message that i have a .udev in my static /dev or something like that) *SO*, it probably means that the naming rules for devfs backward compatibility were the real culprit (or I have gremlins in my computer). Now that I see the way /dev/hde* are created, I'm sure the naming was wrong due to the devsfs script becasue as I remmenber the path were womething like /dev/ide/hostX/lunY/part -- eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]