deletion of /dev files

[R Kimber]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:25:31 -0500
Phillip Susi <psusi at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> The devices are created when the actual hardware is detected, and 
> removed when the actual hardware is.  It wouldn't do any good to keep 
> around broken dev nodes for hardware that you have unplugged.
> 
> What specific devices are your scripts complaining about?

I haven't unplugged any hardware.  

The problem is with a USB Zip drive.  If I unmount the drive to change
a disk, the device disappears.  I don't seem to be able to change disks
without unmounting them. The eject button doesn't respond.

The next time the drive is mounted it is given a different device and
the script then gives an error to the effect that there is a conflict
with fstab.

-- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/