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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:50:17 +0000, Nick Cunningham wrote: |
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> > But, that doesn't really solve the problem, since after a |
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> > reboot the /dev directory will be empty again and you end up |
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> > with problems such as no console during startup. |
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> IIRC thats because /dev should be populated on startup by udev so i |
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> would check that udev is installed and working properly, if you use |
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> openrc then this could be the cause as openrc now starts udev through |
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> normal scripts i think, sometimes on upgrade from baselayout 1 they may |
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> not be automatically added to the right runlevels. |
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You still need /dev/console in the dev directory of the root partition, |
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along with /dev/null. Anything else is a waste of disk space and inodes |
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as the static /dev/devices are hidden as soon as udev starts. If the |
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tarball doesn't contain /dev/console it is broken, but it is also broken |
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if it contains thousands of device entries. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Do not merely believe in miracles; rely on them. * Finagle |
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