Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] How do I get /dev entries onto a livecd image?
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:35:40
Message-Id: 1222230889.15685.0.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] How do I get /dev entries onto a livecd image? by Andrew Gaffney
1 On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 09:43 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
2 > Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
3 > > Sorry. Wrong there. I meant I want /dev/watchdog inside the loop, in the
4 > > squashfs image.
5 > > Does that change the answer?
6 >
7 > No, it doesn't. The only reason it works on your normal install is because a
8 > tmpfs is already mounted on /dev and udev is managing it. In the case of a
9 > LiveCD, it doesn't matter what you put in /dev in the squashfs, since it gets
10 > "hidden" when the tmpfs is mounted over it at boottime.
11
12 If you want the udev rule inside the squashfs, use livecd/root_overlay,
13 instead.
14
15 --
16 Chris Gianelloni
17 Developer
18 wolf31o2.org

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] How do I get /dev entries onto a livecd image? Amit Dor-Shifer <amitds@××××××.com>