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Date:      Mon, 16 Jun 1997 12:00:15 -0700
From:      un_x@anchorage.net
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: /dev/wd0
Message-ID:  <33A58D3F.6A7C@anchorage.net>
References:  <33A56DE8.3A10@anchorage.net> <19970616122050.35967@pavilion.net>

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Josef Karthauser wrote:

> > i thought i'd use some new-found intelligence and clean up my
> > /dev directory of unused devices, and ended up deleting my
> > rwd0 devices ...  now i'm screwed!  i didn't realize they
> > were part of wd0 ...
> >
> > i can only get a read-only fs now - can i repair this damage?
> > or do i have to re-install everything?  (i hope not! :( )
> 
> Try:

>         # cd /dev
>         # ./MAKEDEV all
> 
> That should rebuild everything.

nope.  just tried it.  my FS is READ-ONLY.  mknod can't write to it.
i don't understand - why is there 2 devices for a HD?
ie - wd AND rwd ... ?




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