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On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:35:23 +0100 |
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Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at> wrote: |
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> revealed that there are in fact hundrets of premade device nodes in |
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> the /dev directory. And this is not only true for the box where i |
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> discovered this, which was brought up from a 2004.x cd, but also true |
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> for the box where i just installed gentoo from 2005.1-r1. |
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> Is there any reason for this ? |
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Not all systems use udev or devfs. Plus, it's nice to be able to boot |
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the system when your dynamic /dev management fails for whatever reason. |
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