On 2011-01-14, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 January 2011 13:41, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> doherty pete wrote: >> >> when?kernel?start?,display?this >> Your system seems to be missing critical device files >> in /dev ! ?Although you may be running udev or devfs, >> the root partition is missing these required files ! >> To rectify this situation, please do the following: >> mkdir /mnt/fixit ...
> This problem was created because Pete did not follow to the letter > the handbook, which advises to mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev, or > if he did, he did not untar the stage 3 fs properly, or if he used a > stage 4 tar file he did not create the necessary /dev files manually. When I had the /mnt/fixit problem a couple years ago, it was indeed because I had accidentally skipped a step in the install process. I won't swear 100% that it was the "mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev" step, but that does sound familiar.
