[20031030] Benedict Verheyen <linux4bene@pandora.be> wrote: > Hi, Hello > currently my server (2.4.21) is running LVM. All partitions are on > LVM except a boot partition. I would like to move to devfs. > Any good documents or howto's out there that explain how to set > this up. I understand that i will need to install devfsd and > that i might have to change the root boot option i now specify > for grub as root=3a00. > Any other significant changes/difficulties? Just install a kernel with devfs (& mount devfs at boot) enabled. Note that you won't need /dev/pts with devfs so u can disable it in kernel config. Install devfsd & u' re done, no modification necessary. However if you run grub & use update-grub, do: $ cd /boot/grub $ mv device.map device.map.old $ grub-install /dev/hdX (replace X with your drive) $ update-grub -- +------------------------------------+ | .: Manolis Tzanidakis | | mailto: mtzanidakis@freemail.gr | | http://www.kegep.tuc.gr/~manolis | | jabber: mtzanidakis@jabber.org | | icq: #102798230 | +------------------------------------+ | "VI VI VI The editor of the beast" | +------------------------------------+
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