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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:14:29AM -0700, C. Brewer wrote: |
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> On Monday 20 October 2003 11:17, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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> > You can go without devfs easily. |
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> > You do, however, need to boot with gentoo=nodevfs to tell the init |
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> > system you don't want devfs. |
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> > The choice is there. |
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> Very true, however, doesn't that basically tell init just to not start the |
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> daemon? IIRC, the kernel can't be compiled without devfs support or /sbin/rc |
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> has a tiny fit... |
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Unless it's changed recently, gentoo=nodevfs prevents rc from having |
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that fit -- I haven't used a devfs-less system in a while, though. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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