Re: kernel 2.4.x and unstable/ Kernels
On Saturday 08 September 2001 10:05 am, Ross Burton wrote:
> Yes, it's me again.
>
> Once this is sorted I'll stop bugging you, I promise!
>
> Does the kernel-image for 2.4.x from unstable come with devfsd on? I
> tried mounting a zip disk (external ppa) and the device was
> /dev/scsi/0/... not /dev/sda4 where it normally sits. I tried
> installing devfsd and it didn't work out-of-the-box.
Personally I would always recommend downloading yourself a vanilla 2.4.x
kernel tarball from http://www.kernel.org. With kernels, this is one of the
few areas where I think it is better to use the source tarballs rather than a
debian package.
With the kenel sources, you can compile in _exactly_ the options you want,
including devfs. If you'd rather, install the kernel sources via apt-get.
Either way, use sources rather than a prebuilt image, since the image will
include a mass of unused and unnessary drivers for your machine.
I'm using devfs without any real problems. I simply built my own kernel,
re-ran lilo, apt-get install devfsd, restart, and away you go!
> I had a read of /etc/init.d/devfsd and it quits if it can't find
> /dev/.devfsd. I created that and rebooted, but then when devfsd starts
> it sits on "Creating symlinks" and hangs. I tried moving /dev to
> /olddev and creating an empty /dev with just .devfsd in, and this really
> broke the boot sequence!
The debian devfsd package should include a correctly configured setup... it
did with me.
John.
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