i was trying to make a backup of /var/log/messages and i tried to cp /dev/null to /var/log/messages but lo and behold i did mv /dev/null /var/log/messages, now i can log in i get error sayins invalid filesystem i had to boot with emergency disk, how do i restore /dev/null and what is the problem that i caused -- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Wed Apr 25 19:05:00 EDT 2001
* Landy Roman
i was trying to make a backup of /var/log/messages and i tried to cp /dev/null to /var/log/messages
but lo and behold i did mv /dev/null /var/log/messages, now i can log in i get error sayins invalid filesystem i had to boot with emergency disk, how do i restore /dev/null and what is the problem that i caused
So you want to create /dev/null because it is gone? If that is the case, this is the command as root: % mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3 Does that help? -- Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort." -- A. P. J.
well i guess i am getting good
man null -m 666 /dev/null c 3 and bingo it
fixed
said to do
mknod On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:14:17 -0400
Landy Roman
i was trying to make a backup of /var/log/messages and i tried to cp /dev/null to /var/log/messages
but lo and behold i did mv /dev/null /var/log/messages, now i can log in i get error sayins invalid filesystem i had to boot with emergency disk, how do i restore /dev/null and what is the problem that i caused
-- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Wed Apr 25 19:05:00 EDT 2001
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-- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Wed Apr 25 19:05:00 EDT 2001
Uhh
You mean mknod?
On 2001.04.25 20:29:49 -0400 Landy Roman wrote:
well i guess i am getting good
man null -m 666 /dev/null c 3 and bingo it
fixed
said to do
mknod On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:14:17 -0400
Landy Roman
i was trying to make a backup of /var/log/messages and i tried to cp /dev/null to /var/log/messages
but lo and behold i did mv /dev/null /var/log/messages, now i can log in i get error sayins invalid filesystem i had to boot with emergency disk, how do i restore /dev/null and what is the problem that i caused
-- SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Wed Apr 25 19:05:00 EDT 2001
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I corrupted /dev/null about two years ago - I cannot remember the solution but it should be in the archives. A very helpfull chap from the States gave me the command (at about 0100 GMT) within about 20 minutes of posting the request. Good Luck Francesco
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