--- /lib/rcscripts/addons/udev-start.sh	2006-09-11 21:03:43.000000000 +0200
+++ /lib/rcscripts/addons/udev-start.sh	2006-09-12 13:31:50.710020040 +0200
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ 
 		ebegin "Populating /dev with saved device nodes"
 		try tar -jxpf /lib/udev/state/devices.tar.bz2 -C /dev
 		eend $?
+	elif [[ ${RC_DEVICE_TARBALL} == "yes" && \
+	      -s /lib/udev/state/devices_old.tar.bz2 ]] ; then
+	        ebegin "Populating /dev with saved device nodes backup"
+		try tar -jxpf /lib/udev/state/devices_old.tar.bz2 -C /dev
+		eend $?
 	fi
 
 	seed_dev
--- /lib/rcscripts/addons/udev-stop.sh	2006-09-11 21:03:43.000000000 +0200
+++ /lib/rcscripts/addons/udev-stop.sh	2006-09-12 13:24:50.851848184 +0200
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ 
 		fgrep -x -v -f "${devices_udev}" < "${devices_real}" > "${devices_totar}"
 		# Now only tarball those not created by udev if we have any
 		if [[ -s ${devices_totar} ]]; then
+			[[ -e /lib/udev-state/devices.tar.bz2 ]] && \
+				mv -f /lib/udev-state/devices.tar.bz2 /lib/udev-state/devices_old.tar.bz2
 			# we dont want to descend into mounted filesystems (e.g. devpts)
 			# looking up username may involve NIS/network, and net may be down
 			tar --one-file-system --numeric-owner -jcpf "${device_tarball}" -T "${devices_totar}"