DevFS and USB sticks

[senseiwa]

Hi.

I'm noticing something strange on one pc. I use devfsd (still on 2.4.x due to openafs), and correctly it created a /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 device symlinks when it realizes a usb stick is inserted.

Now, after a while, I reinserted it, and, wonder, it created /dev/sdc*. It seems that after the reboot, the system has tarred /dev and restored it. So, devfs had to create a new device.

How can I avoid it? I need the /dev tarring, since vmware needs it to run properly at boot.

Can anyone help me?