Re: How to minimize /dev (using udev)?

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Marc Wilson wrote:
> 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.

Not true.

> > >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.

That's another incorrect statement.