Mount or disable devfs, was: inode missing

Mount or disable devfs? Device File System For a good discussion of devfs see: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html#what-is-it In attempting to set up and run Partition Image, I got the message: "Inode Missing" /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc with a

inode missing

I always suspected as much...but what does this mean? I have downloaded and installed the partimage package, and this is the first screen to greet me: Missing Inode...shall it create? I am running Debian Woody with Ext3 fs. This is the downloaded package not the one that comes with stable. I ha