On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:35:23 +0100
Matthias Langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> revealed that there are in fact hundrets of premade device nodes in
> the /dev directory. And this is not only true for the box where i
> discovered this, which was brought up from a 2004.x cd, but also true
> for the box where i just installed gentoo from 2005.1-r1.
> 
> Is there any reason for this ?

Not all systems use udev or devfs. Plus, it's nice to be able to boot
the system when your dynamic /dev management fails for whatever reason.
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