I think I know the cause but maybe not

[Igor Gueths]

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Hi there. Check to make sure you're not using something like Udev/DEVFS. 
That can play havoc with your device nodes. That got me once when I had 
created some /dev/sda devices and found them shortly missing 
thereafter. 
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 03:20:55PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> There are times when I want to use my zip drive with /dev/sda4 and shortly 
> after a linux installation is done and the system goes online this is 
> possible.  However repeatedly about a week after system goes online, I 
> find all /dev/sd* devices missing and this was with the automatic yum 
> update facility turned on.  I suspect either malware or root compromise. 
> Is one of these the most likely cause or is there something else I don't 
> yet know about.  No, I don't go around moving editing or deleting anything 
> in the /dev/ directory either.
> 
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