/dev/ links disappearing

[Daryl Sayers]

I am running ubuntu 6.06 after upgrading from and OLD Debian system. I
have noticed that my computer thinks it now know better than me. I put
a few symlinks into /dev/ to point to generic names like /dev/backup which
points to a tape device. Also things like a serial port I have called
/dev/modem that points to /dev/ttyS0. Problem is that these symlinks keep
disappearing. I am not sure what is cleaning them up. I am sure this has
something to do with udevd but I am unable to find any info on what I need
to do. 

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