Look in /usr/src/kernel-source-??????/Documentation/devices.txt for
information on devices.

On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:

> Hello
>       i need to know what serve the files in the /dev directory,it's
> because i did some experiment trying to build a boot/root disk set (sort
> of rescue disk and a good way to learn about linux),i copied all the files
> in the /dev directory to a floppy disk (the root disk in question) using
> this method:
>                cd /dev
>                find . -print | cpio -pmd /mnt/dev
> 
> i also copied the needed library for bash ( libreadline.so.2,
> libncurses.so.3.0, libdl.so.1 and libc.so.5 ) but now,i lack the space
> needed for copying bash,does anyone here know where i can get the
> information i need to safely prune the /dev directory without erasing
> something important ??
> 
> thanks a lot for your help !!
> 
> Alain
> 
> 
> 
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