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Re: Woody->Sarge upgrade claims to break if using devfsd



On Dec 18, Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> wrote:

> Note: I an _not_ subscribed, so you need to CC me.
You'd better add a /working/ Mail-Followup-To header next time, then...

> | udev is not configured to use devfs-style devices.
> |
> | Your system WILL BREAK if you run udev with its default configuration.
Actually this warning is obsolete, because since a long time udev
installs a devfs-compatible configuration if it can detect devfs being
mounted.

> I didn't dare to have any system rebooted yet, but fear for the results,
> that this upgrade caused our systems to become unbootable.
It does not take much to RTFM and check /etc/udev/rules.d/.
Actually, it's much worse to not reboot quickly after udev has been
installed, because it may start messing with your old /dev.

-- 
ciao, |
Marco | [9894 innJB7DrexDcc]

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