From: utzoo!decvax!cca!rlb@Purdue@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: /dev getting screwed up Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2775 Posted: Wed Aug 18 21:12:23 1982 Received: Fri Aug 20 02:32:43 1982 From: Bob BrownDate: 7 Aug 1982 16:00:29-EST We (Purdue-CS) tolerated /dev gettng trashed every month or so for about three months. The problem was that we'd find a block in the directory file contained the text of a mail message. When we turned off /etc/comsat, the problem went away. Deciding we didn't like not having biff, we moved /dev/mail to /tmp/mail. Lo & Behold, a few weeks later, /tmp got trashed in an identical fashion - but at least we didn't have to do an epoch restore to run the system. Send a note to UCB and they'll respond "comsat will go away in 4.2" or something equally useful. Move /dev/mail to /tmp/mail in order to survive the interim. The problem is probably deep in the multiplexor and isn't worth tracking down. Bob Brown (rlb) Purdue-CS (317)494-6530