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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 04:07:09 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, faulkner@asgard.bga.com
Subject: Re: Anybody else see these in -current?
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>> Yes, devfs isn't finished yet.  Don't use it unless you want to debug it.
>>...

>I tried to use it this morning.  I supped current last night.

>I added a line in /etc/fstab 
>devfs	/dev	devfs rw 1 1
>after 
>/dev/sd1a       /       ufs     rw 1 1
>/dev/sd1s1b     none    swap    sw 

>The machine failed to mount my partitions.  It even says so.

>If I mount on /devfs, the devfs mounts fine and the dev entries cited below 
>are seen.  What's up?

Mounting on /dev hides the working entries.  Some of the devfs entries are
invisible until you look at them (in /dev where they are visible) :-).

Don't use it unless you want to fix the bugs in it.

Bruce