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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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