Re: Recover Corrupt /dev

[mylar <micros50 computer net>]

Check your system for any filesystems that might be 100% used. "df" will
give you this info. 

Special device /dev files can be created using "mknod". "$ man mknod"
for the details.

mylar


On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 10:31, Algis Zyle wrote:
> Redhat Admin Newbie, Any help would be appreciated: Weâ??re Running
> Redhat 9
> 
>  
> 
> 1)       A colleague of mine intended on doing a backup and by
> accident re-directed the output to /dev/rt0 (a file) instead of
> st0â?¦.eventually people complained they couldnâ??t print, etcâ?¦.It turns
> out that it filled up the file systemâ?¦..before we found this out, we
> had rebooted and did a fschk (not knowing the real problem
> yet)â?¦Anyway,eventually deleted the rt0 fileâ?¦â?¦butâ?¦ Xwindows wouldnâ??t
> come up (Couldnâ??t open the /dev/ device)â?¦, Networking stopped
> workingâ?¦I couldnâ??t access the tape drive or cdrom anymore (/dev/st0,
> /dev/hdc) even though they existed in the dev directoryâ?¦..I went into
> rescue mode and at least made a backup etcâ?¦.How can I fix the /dev
> directory and/or anything else that may have went south by the file
> system getting full without re-installing Redhatâ?¦(Again, Iâ??m not a
> hard core Redhat Admin)â?¦.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> al
> 
> 
> 
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