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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev-197 : 4 show-stoppers
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:17:16
Message-Id: 50FC8900.4000907@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev-197 : 4 show-stoppers by walt
1 walt wrote:
2 > On 01/20/2013 01:29 AM, victor romanchuk wrote:
3 >> just migrated to sys-fs/udev-197 - everything went smoothly and seems to
4 >> work. the only observation at this time is absence of device file
5 >> /dev/root whilst both /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts are referring to that
6 >> device node:
7 >>
8 >> # grep root /etc/mtab /proc/mounts
9 >> /etc/mtab:/dev/root / ext4 rw,relatime,commit=0 0 0
10 >> /proc/mounts:rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
11 >> /proc/mounts:/dev/root / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
12 > I see exactly the same and didn't even notice until you mentioned it.
13 > Did /dev/root really exist in the /dev/ directory in the past? Can't
14 > remember.
15 >
16
17 It does here:
18
19 root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/root
20 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 10 07:12 /dev/root -> sda6
21 root@fireball / #
22
23 Since this appears to be a issue now, I'm switching to eudev. For some
24 reason, I can't mask enough to keep it as it is now. I hope I don't
25 loose my uptime.
26
27 root@fireball / # uptime
28 18:16:17 up 120 days, 11:25, 9 users, load average: 0.25, 0.63, 1.09
29 root@fireball / #
30
31 Dale
32
33 :-) :-)
34
35 --
36 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev-197 : 4 show-stoppers Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev-197 : 4 show-stoppers Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Udev-197 : 4 show-stoppers Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>