remake /dev

[Patrick Dupre]

On 2012-07-28 14:29, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/28/2012 08:07 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> My idea what to repair the installation from another installation.
>> So, I mounted the defectuous installation, and I did a chroot to it.
>> It works except that I have an error message:
>> so such file or directory : /dev/urandom
>>
>> Same thing when I make a yum --version
>> There is no files in /dev, I though that I should rebuild it
>>
>> Am I wrong?
>
> Yes, you are wrong.   If you mount a / file system there will be
> nothing in /dev.  That is normal.  It gets populated during the boot
> process and really doesn't exist on disk.
>
> If you go to /dev on a working system the date/time of the entries
> will be that of when the system was last booted, more or less.

OK.

I made a /dev/urandom and a /dev/null after a chroot and it seems fine.
Which command create the /dev/* at boot?
Is there anyway to repair the installation now that I run (after a 
chroot)?

Thank

> --
> Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing
> out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage

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