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# Operating systems without udev

Some operating systems do not come with `udev` out of the box, for example Alpine Linux. In these instances you will not be able to bind `/run/udev` to the container for sharing device metadata. Some operating systems offer `udev` as a package that can be installed separately, or an alternative (such as `eudev` in the case of Alpine Linux) that provides the same functionality.

To install `eudev` in Alpine Linux (run as root):

```
apk add eudev
```

Once your `udev` implementation is installed, create `/run/udev` with the following command:

```
udevadm trigger
```

On Alpine Linux, this also has the benefit of creating symlinks to device serial numbers in `/dev/disk/by-id`.

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