[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: HELP! I deleted /dev/hdd

[Kyle_Davenport@compusa.com]

> OK.  Great!  Smooth move Richard!  Instead of deleting /dev/cdrom so I
could
> make a new symlink...I deleted /dev/hdd.

that's what the "f" is for:  "ln -s -f /dev/cd0 /dev/cdrom"

> Well, I went ahead and created my new symlink, but how do I get my
/dev/hdd
> back?  I'm guessing a mknod is in order but I don't understand mknod.

Fortunately, you only deleted a driver label - and not the hdd partition.

> (Is there anyway to put an undelete on an ext2 or reiserfs filesystem or
is
> there a technical reason why that can't be done?)

Maybe a "move to trash can" for users, but root assumes you know what your
doing...  fortunately there are several nice undelete tools out there - see
freshmeat, because "rm" only changes an inode table.

Now, if you had the NSA's secure linux, a "rm" would really be remove.