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From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: ls -al /dev | wc -l
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Are there supposed to be 1,172 devices ("files") in /dev?  Would
recompiling a new kernel, exacting just what I need and what my PC actually
has, trim down this directory?  A thousand thank you's, give or take,

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