[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi
>
> I can an error during mandrake 7.2 boot (I have messed with it) saying that
> devpts cant be mounted cause the filetype is unknown. There is an entry
> in fstab that causes this error.
>
>
> What is devpts ?? I assume that I am missing it in my kernel, but dont know
> what option to include to get devpts - and ... what does it do (do I need it?)
>
The devpts file system is a pseudo file system, traditionally mounted on
/dev/pts. In order to acquire a pseudo terminal, a process opens
/dev/ptmx; the number of the pseudo terminal is then made available
to the process and the pseudo terminal slave can be accessed as
/dev/pts/<number>.
Cut and paste from "man mount"
/Marco
