Re: add devfs=mount as a kernel command-line boot parameter?
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> LILO version 22.5.7.2 says
> Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
> The kernel was compiled with DEVFS_FS, but 'devfs=mount' was omitted
> as a kernel command-line boot parameter; hence, the '/dev' directory
> structure does not reflect DEVFS_FS device names.
>
> So should I add devfs=mount as a kernel command-line boot parameter?
No, unless you know what you're doing. This warning is shown because the last
versions of LILO look at /proc/partitions to make a cache of the hard disks and
the partitions of the system. You can bypass this warning.
> http://jidanni.org/comp/lilo.conf is my lilo.conf.
>
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