This perfectly worked. Thanks to all btw.
2009/2/24 Josh Grosse <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:43:18 +0100, Jean-Francois wrote >> All, >> >> I just forget the dot !! in the 'rm -r ./dev' so I have no /dev anymore >> on my server box. >> One can tell me if this is possible to backup the system without freshh >> install ? >> This is a i386 4.4 OpenBSD. One could eventually send me a way or >> another the full /dev in case this option actually works ? >> >> Thanks >> JF > > JF, I've missed the rest of your conversation, but ... here's a > quick-and-dirty recovery procedure: > > Step 1. Boot the ramdisk kernel, either from the hard drive (if you installed > it) or from your installation media. If you installed it, at the boot prompt, > type "bsd.rd": > > boot> bsd.rd > > At the Install/Upgrade/Shell prompt, select the shell. > > Step 2. Mount your root partition. This is usually the "a" partition on your > first drive (sd0 or wd0). e.g.: > > # mount /dev/wd0a /mnt > > Step 3. Create a dev partition: > > # mkdir -p /mnt/dev > > Step 4: Copy the MAKEDEV script from the ramdisk kernel's /dev to /mnt/dev: > > # cp -p /dev/MAKEDEV /mnt/dev > > Step 5: Change your working directory to /mnt/dev: > > # cd /mnt/dev > > Step 6: Recreate all of your device nodes: > > # sh MAKEDEV all > > ---- > > Good luck!
