On 17/03/2011 09:32, Matthew Lear wrote: > I was experimenting a bit yesterday and quickly came to the conclusion > that mounting /dev on tmpfs or ramfs is the way to go. It seems that > this is how most distros do it (I was checking my gentoo machine too). > Once mounted, I can mknod the bare minimum nodes in /dev then get udev > to populate the rest.
Seriously devtmpfs... It creates all those basic nodes for you, mdev/udev will then take over and pickup from there. However, you instantly get all the kernel created devices right at the start of initramfs runtime... Ed W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d
