Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 11:38:24PM -0500, Marty wrote:
> Marc Wilson wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 08:12:05PM -0500, Marty wrote:
> >>Good point, although only /dev/console seems to be required by my Sarge
> >>systems.
> >
> >I'm sure it'd be entertaining to watch your machine trying to boot without
> >any of its mass-storage devices.
>
> udev handles that.
No, udev does NOT handle that, unless you have some magical way of loading
udev from a non-existent device node so that you can get the device node
created so that you can load udev from it.
Minor chicken-and-egg problem there, huh? Believe it when I tell you that
your machine needs more than just /dev/console in order to boot.
> >Why do clueless people *insist* on messing with things they don't
> >understand?
>
> Why do people jump into threads without understanding the context?
I don't know... why did you? You were the one recommending deleting the
old /dev.
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