Index: osdl-aim-7/src/driver.c
===================================================================
--- osdl-aim-7.orig/src/driver.c
+++ osdl-aim-7/src/driver.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ int read_config_file(char *cfname, struc
 	int brf;
 	int n;
 	unsigned int i;
+	struct stat tmpstat;
 
 	fp = fopen(cfname, "r");	/* open config file */
 	if (fp == NULL) {	/* if error, stop here */
@@ -1312,6 +1313,16 @@ int read_config_file(char *cfname, struc
 				printf("\nUsing disk directory <%s>",
 				       my_disk->dkarr[numd]);
 			}
+			/* check existence of dir */
+			if(-1 == stat(my_disk->dkarr[numd],&tmpstat)) {
+				if(inv->verbose)
+					printf("\nCreating disk dir %s",
+						my_disk->dkarr[numd]);
+				if(-1 == mkdir(my_disk->dkarr[numd], 0755)) {
+					perror("creating disk dir");
+					exit(2);
+				}
+			}
 			numd++;
 			break;
 		case 'E':