Bug#274511: marked as done (devfs on sarge install cd is confusing for newbies)
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From: Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>
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Subject: devfs on sarge install cd is confusing for newbies
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Package: cdrom, d-i
Severity: important
[ not sure which package to file it against; reassign as appropriate if
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Hi,
when you install sarge (or use the rescue system) you get devfs.
While it was quite a culture shock for me when I tried this a few months
ago where I first tried install sarge I did manage it with almost no big
problems since I did know the logic a bit and could use bash to look.
However, Linux newbies or people switching from other distributions not
using devfs (and not knowing that something like this exists or how it
works - devfs is deprecated after all) are going to be seriously
confused....
They often just know about /dev/hda*, /dev/sda* etc. but not about
/dev/ide/* etc. - especially since things like fdisk talk about /dev/hda
etc. - but there is no symlink from the "normal, known names"
to the devfs ones.
Someone told me that devfsd normally does this? Can it be that it isn't ran?
It either should be run to have those links or d-i shouldn't use devfs
all all. The resulting system installed by d-i doesn't so what is the
reason you use devfs/the desired effect?
Gr=FC=DFe/Regards,
Ren=E9
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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I see no reason to leave this bug open. d-i uses the device naming
scheme originally used by devfs (although we use udev now). It's no
better or worse than any other device naming scheme and I see no reason
to change it.
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