[ale] Re: I deleted /dev/hdd

Craig McDaniel kreg at mindspring.com
Sat Oct 11 01:42:01 EDT 1997


Craig McDaniel wrote:

> I did something stupid. I was trying to change my symbolic link from
> /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc to be /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd.  I screwed up, not
> understanding the ln command that well and instead set hdd ->
> /dev/cdrom.  Then I panicked and deleted /dev/hdd!  Does anybody out
> there know how I can get it back?
>
> Thanks for any help...
>
> --
> Craig McDaniel

 Nevermind...I figured it out.  I did "apropos" on "hd" and it told me how
to do a mknod.  I'll re-read the man page on ln and try again tomorrow
when I'm not so tired!

--
Craig McDaniel






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