-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there. Check to make sure you're not using something like Udev/DEVFS. That can play havoc with your device nodes. That got me once when I had created some /dev/sda devices and found them shortly missing thereafter. On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 03:20:55PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > There are times when I want to use my zip drive with /dev/sda4 and shortly > after a linux installation is done and the system goes online this is > possible. However repeatedly about a week after system goes online, I > find all /dev/sd* devices missing and this was with the automatic yum > update facility turned on. I suspect either malware or root compromise. > Is one of these the most likely cause or is there something else I don't > yet know about. No, I don't go around moving editing or deleting anything > in the /dev/ directory either. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- "The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42." -- Douglas Adams -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBy0O2Nohoaf1zXJMRAmeVAKCFQ6FaveIZYTeZSuFb5Sispp4P+gCgucRX WDhhtN/pFRWxjuHfKGF8OFo= =n9ee -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----