[plug] Backup of a disk

[Earnshaw, Mike]

List,

<newbie on>
 
> > Also, is it true 2.4 will do away with /dev, which will be 
> replaced by a
> > filesystem like /proc which will be maintained by the 
> kernel depending on
> > what devices you have?
> 
> If you choose to, yes. It's called devfs.
> If you prefer, you can stick with the old method.


Would someone mind explaining if this ability to change the fs structure is
a good or bad thing? I only see the advantage of it being dynamic, so I
won't have upteem /sdX when I don't have any SCSI devices.

<newbie off>

Thanks

Mike