That's perfectly normal, you haven't run "blkid" yet.
quest scott% ls -l /etc/blkid.tab lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2010-03-15 09:29 /etc/blkid.tab -> /dev/.blkid.tab quest scott% ls -l /dev/.blkid.tab ls: cannot access /dev/.blkid.tab: No such file or directory
quest scott% sudo blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="e4637ab5-73a5-40e2-8721-84afd2d79449" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="e5f0cf9a-217a-48f0-afc5-4564c34a312e" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: UUID="74A83B1CA83ADC74" TYPE="ntfs" quest scott% ls -l /dev/.blkid.tab -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328 2010-03-22 17:11 /dev/.blkid.tab
That's perfectly normal, you haven't run "blkid" yet.
quest scott% ls -l /etc/blkid.tab
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2010-03-15 09:29 /etc/blkid.tab -> /dev/.blkid.tab
quest scott% ls -l /dev/.blkid.tab
ls: cannot access /dev/.blkid.tab: No such file or directory
quest scott% sudo blkid 73a5-40e2- 8721-84afd2d794 49" TYPE="ext4" 217a-48f0- afc5-4564c34a31 2e" TYPE="swap" 83ADC74" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="e4637ab5-
/dev/sda5: UUID="e5f0cf9a-
/dev/sdb1: UUID="74A83B1CA
quest scott% ls -l /dev/.blkid.tab
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 328 2010-03-22 17:11 /dev/.blkid.tab