Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:31:30 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Cc: scrappy@ki.net, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DEVFS vs "regular /dev" Message-ID: <199603221431.OAA06826@tees> In-Reply-To: <199603211856.KAA24142@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Mar 21, 96 10:56:31 am
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In reply to Rodney W. Grimes who said > > These problems may have been corrected. I do know for certain that certain > /dev/ entries missing causes the system to hang very early in init, and you > can not even get up single user to fix it. This _needs_ fixed badly, you > should be able to > rm -r /dev > reboot > and get the system up single user, if not you have a chicken and egg > problem as to how to repair a damaged or loss /dev tree. > This is *exactly* the problem I reported a few weeks ago where I tried to run with a devfs only system and it hung before getting to single user. This was what promted my complaints about a lack of fixit floppy since I was seriously spammed without one. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155
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