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Subject: Re: panic if / has no /dev - known issue?
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On Nov 7, 2007 9:04 PM, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think this is annoying.  If you create a filesystem without /dev then
> kernel will panic on boot if it is used as /.  Is this a known issue
> (feature?)?
>

I've encountered it before - but in the past it would just hang. A
panic is preferable.

 -Kip