There's no need to do that. Just cd /dev (or wherever your dev dir is),
and type "./MAKEDEV *". That should recreate almost all the devices, with the
correct permissions, afaik.
> Perhaps I should just cd /mnt/dev; rm * and then remake the device
> files. I've read about a command to make
On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 05:58:46AM -0700, Taren wrote:
> > > VHS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > > thenUnable to open an initial console
> > >
> >
> > Looks like /dev/tty0 isn't there.
> >
> > Are use sure you did copy the devices correctly (cp does not copy
> > devices
On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 05:52:36PM +0200, Dirk Bonne wrote:
> Taren wrote:
> >
[snip]
> >
> > Or the permissions aren't set right. I've found that when copying files
> > from /dev, the permissions rarely stay the way they were originally
>
> They should with tar. e.g.:
>
> tar cf - . | (cd
On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 02:58:58PM +0200, Dirk Bonne wrote:
> G. Crimp wrote:
> >
> > I've moved my old system over to a new hard drive. I thought I was
> > fairly meticulous in copying things over (compared all permissions,
> > ownerships, links and other special files between the two fi
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dirk Bonne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>They should with tar. e.g.:
>
> tar cf - . | (cd somewhere; tar xvf -)
>
>Of course, you must set umask to 000 beforehand
Or use the "p" option with tar when you unpack i.e. tar xpvf -
Mike.
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Taren wrote:
>
> > > VHS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > > thenUnable to open an initial console
> > >
> >
> > Looks like /dev/tty0 isn't there.
> >
> > Are use sure you did copy the devices correctly (cp does not copy
> > devices correctly, use tar or cpio).
>
> Or the
> > VHS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > thenUnable to open an initial console
> >
>
> Looks like /dev/tty0 isn't there.
>
> Are use sure you did copy the devices correctly (cp does not copy
> devices correctly, use tar or cpio).
>
> Dirk
>
Or the permissions aren't
G. Crimp wrote:
>
> I've moved my old system over to a new hard drive. I thought I was
> fairly meticulous in copying things over (compared all permissions,
> ownerships, links and other special files between the two file systems). I
> edited lilo.conf and fstab, then shutdown, changed t
I've moved my old system over to a new hard drive. I thought I was
fairly meticulous in copying things over (compared all permissions,
ownerships, links and other special files between the two file systems). I
edited lilo.conf and fstab, then shutdown, changed the drives master/slave
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