Re: [gentoo-dev] boot says I didn't compile DEVFS support

[Brian Jones]

It's not there!  UGH!

My file system section has '/dev/pty' support, then
'/proc' support, but no '/dev file system support'!!!

Did I do something wrong? Is this due to some change
in the 2.4.16 config?  Was I supposed to add a patch
before I config'ed?

Thanks for the help
--- Jano Lukac <jano@××××××××××××.net> wrote:
> Brian Jones said:
> > Hi all.
>
> Hi
>
> <snip>
> > I did some reading about devfs to see if it
> > was used for anything the kernel I made didn't
> > support.  It's used for UNIX PTYs, but I have that
> in
> > there.  I had everything enabled and BUILT IN that
> I
> > could figure out belonged there.  I also compiled
> the
> > Virtual File System stuff in there.  Can anyone
> tell
> > direct me to the menu entry I missed?
>
> Sure.. in menuconfig, go to filesystems, and build
> in "/dev file system
> support"  It's right below /proc filesystem support
> and above /dev/pts
> filesystem support.  DO NOT select the
> "Automatically mount at boot"
> options!
>
> > My grub install went well and the grub screen came
> up
> > fine.  My menu.lst just has the basic timeout,
> root=
> > and stuff.  After the first boot, I added
> > 'gentoo=nodevfs' to it - which I must admit I
> don't
> > understand - what is the label 'gentoo' a pointer
> to?
>
> Uhh.... not sure about this.  There is a way to
> disable devfs at boot, but
> i don't remember how.  Maybe something like
> devfs=disable or devfs=nodevfs
> or just nodevfs.
>
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I think I got everything going really
> well,
> > but unfortunately I can't boot properly so I'm
> > wondering if there's something I missed, and how
> this
> > might be fixed.
> >
> > I appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
> > Thanks,
> > njcajun
> >
> >
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