--- rc.sysinit.old	2006-09-10 17:40:40.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.sysinit	2006-09-10 17:40:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		path=`echo $dev | sed 's|/[^/]*$||'`
 		node=`echo $dev | sed "s|^$path/||"`
 		minor=`echo $node | sed 's|^[^0-9]*||'`
-		[ ! -f $path/$node ] && /bin/mknod $path/$node b 9 $minor
+		[ ! -e $path/$node ] && /bin/mknod $path/$node b 9 $minor
 	done
 	status "Activating RAID arrays" /sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan
 fi