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Date:      Sat, 18 Aug 2001 22:22:08 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: devfs 
Message-ID:  <42533.998166128@critter>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Aug 2001 15:12:18 CDT." <20010818151217.A85171@leviathan.inethouston.net> 

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In message <20010818151217.A85171@leviathan.inethouston.net>, "David W. Chapman
 Jr." writes:

>If I'm using devfs on -current, can I erase the contents of my /dev 
>before devfs is mounted to save space?

Yes, the easiest way is:

	boot singleuser
	mount -o rw /
	mv /dev /dev_
	mkdir /dev
	chmod 755 /dev
	reboot
	...
	rm -rf /dev_

	
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