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Subject: /dev corrupt?
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Hello,
	I'm somewhat new to unix, and I am trying to keep a box running. Finding
it a bit difficult too. I'm normally a windows user, and not sure how to
repair this. Is it a /dev, a kernel error, or something else? When my shell
users try to log on, they get no connection, and the box will not respond
to me in any way. I've tried a restart, but nothing worked. I have a load
of important files/accts on the box, and was hoping I could somehow create
it again and bring it back up without losing them.

								 Thanks,
								R.Lambert