TITLE    : Restoring mksysb's with user created files /dev directory.
OS LEVEL : AIX 4.1.x and 4.2.x
DATE     : 14/07/99
VERSION  : 1.0

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Any user created files in the /dev directory will not be restored by a mksysb. 
This includes standard files and block/character files (created with the mknod 
command).

There are some applications that require extra /dev/null files (eg null1 null2)
for the printing spooler. Having restored from a mksysb tape, these files no 
longer exist.

Also some methods of AIX spooler remote printing, also required extra /dev/null
files.

The easiest way to restore these files, is to restore the entire /dev directory
from the mksysb tape :-


1, Login in as root

2, Ensure that you are in the root (/) directory.

3, Fast forward the mksysb tape to the archived files :-

	tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3

4, Restore the contents of the /dev directory and any sub directories within 
   /dev :-

	restore -qvxdf /dev/rmt0.1 "./dev"