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

[Brian Jones]

That did it!  I didn't go into the code level options
section!  UGH.  

Thanks a million.  I'm sure I can probably get it now.
--- Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o> wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 19:09, Brian Jones wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > I know this makes me look like a total moron.
> Please
> > excuse my ignorance (I'm doing this in the hopes
> of
> > becoming less ignorant- guess it's not really
> working)
> > :)
> >
> > I'm using rc6-r14 on a very simple hardware
> platform
> > (400 Celeron, Winbond, intel, ATI, all stuff
> that's
> > been supported in linux for 3-4 years now) :)
> >
> > I followed all of the steps in the install guide,
> and
> > everything worked pretty much as I had hoped.  The
> > little glitches that came up I was able to come up
> > with solutions for, and everything acted pretty
> normal
> > after (the big one was that I didn't have the
> 'passwd'
> > or 'grub' commands, so I reran emerge system and
> > updated all my stuff).
> >
> > I compiled a new kernel using menuconfig, but
> didn't
> > see any options that explicitly said 'Device File
> > System'.  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?  I'm using
> > kernel 2.4.16, which I got using the emerge kernel
> > sources command (don't remember it verbatim off
> the
> > top of my head).
> >
>
> You have to enable experimental code, then it will
> be under
> filesystems.
>
> > 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?
> >
>
> It is a Gentoo Linux option that gets passed to the
> init
> stuff.
>
> The thing is, Gentoo Linux is designed to work best
> with
> devfs, thus you should really consider using it.
> Now,
> Gentoo should boot without DEVFS, but only display a
> annoying
> message.  To get rid of this, pass "gentoo=nodevfs"
> as kernel
> parameter.
>
> If it is not booting without DEVFS (ie you get
> a message about not being able to mount root), let
> us know,
> as the regular devices in /dev may not be created
> during
> bootstrap.
>
> >
> > 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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>
> Martin Schlemmer
> Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
> Cape Town, South Africa
>
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