[OpenIndiana-discuss] Recreate /dev/null

[Alexander Eremin]

mknod /devices/pseudo/mm at 0:null c 13 2 
chown root:sys /devices/pseudo/mm at 0:null 
chmod 666 /devices/pseudo/mm at 0:null 
cd /dev 
ln -s ../devices/pseudo/mm at 0:null null

Alexander

On 25.04.2013, at 12:51, Richard Jones <openindiana-discuss at jonze.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've overwritten /dev/null and can't seem to recreate it, can anyone
> help?
> 
> Booting to milestone "milestone/single-user:default".
> hostname: wilson
> Requesting System Maintenance Mode
> SINGLE USER MODE
> 
> Enter username for system maintenance (control-d to bypass): root
> Enter root password (control-d to bypass):
> single-user privileges assigned too root on /dev/console.
> Entering System Maintenance Mode
> 
> Apr 25:1043:39 su: 'root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
> # devlinks
> ^C # times out
> # devfsadm
> devfsadm: cannot create link: /dev/null -> ../devices/pseudo/mm at 0:null.
> max attempts exceeded
> # ls /dev/null
> ls: cannot access /dev/null: No suh file or directory
> # ln -s /devices/pseudo/mm at null /dev/null
> ln: creating symbolic link `/dev/null': No such file or directory.
> #
> 
> Currently a *lot* of system services won't run as a result of this. This
> box is a fairly recent install so it's not too bad an option to
> reinstall though it is work I'd rather avoid if possible.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard
> 
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