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Effective in SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10, the /dev directory is on tmpfs and the device nodes are automatically re-created on boot. It is no longer necessary to modify the /etc/init.d/boot.evms script to delete the device nodes on system reboot as was required for previous versions of SUSE Linux.
The following procedure is provided for users who might encounter this issue for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and earlier:
Open the /etc/init.d/boot.evms script in a text editor.
Add the following lines to the Stop section:
mount -n -o remount,rw /
echo -en "\nDeleting devices nodes"
rm -rf /dev/evms
mount -n -o remount,ro /
For example, the Stop section looks like this after the edit:
stop)
echo -n "Stopping EVMS"
mount -n -o remount,rw /
echo -en "\nDeleting devices nodes"
rm -rf /dev/evms
mount -n -o remount,ro /
rc_status -v
;;
Save the file.
Continue with Section 2.1.3.5, “Restart the Server”.
