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maillog: 02/12/2005-03:57:20(+0000): Stephen Bennett types |
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> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:45:00 +0900 |
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> Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > I don't need a fully populated /dev to get a working shell with |
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> > init=/bin/bash on the kernel cmdline. And at that point it is easy to |
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> > run /dev/MAKEDEV and get whatever devices are needed for |
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> > troubleshooting. |
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> Still more effort than booting into a system that is pretty much |
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> fully-functional already to fix it. |
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> > I of course assume that if the dynamic /dev management fails, then we |
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> > need to *recover* instead of trying to get the system up as usual. |
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> > And I also assume that the init scripts will anyway tell me "fatal |
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> > error: give root password for maintenance or Ctrl-D to continue" if I |
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> > have something vital missing from /dev. |
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> See above. And that still doesn't address the issue that some people |
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> don't even want dynamic device management in the first place. |
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Crap! I was so positive there's a use flag for udev somewhere. Since you |
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have to accommodate for all possibilities, I'd have to agree with you |
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here. |
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() Georgi Georgiev () <lux> if macOS is for the computer () |
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() chutz@×××.net () illiterate, then windoze is for the () |
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() http://www.gg3.net/ () computer masochists () |
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