I was told that it is enough to issue as root the commands: cd /dev mknod sda1 b 8 1 Now everything works. This part of the problem remains though: > 1) what could have happened? Kudzu messing around? I don't remember > doing anything myself that could have canceled device files Any comment is welcome. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. -- Arthur C. Clarke -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list