Le Mercredi 24 Octobre 2001 21:33, Eugenio Diaz scribit : > --- Olivier Dormond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:22:27AM -0700, Eugenio Diaz wrote: > > > I am also getting a message before the panic about "pivotroot", but I > > > have > > > > no > > > > > idea what this is. I have tried lots of things, but no success yet. Any > > > > ideas? > > > > If you've no /initrd directory you should create one. This is the most > > probable cause pivoroot complaining and as it can change the root from > > the initrd to the real one it can't find init. > > No I don't have one, I will try that when I get home. What should I do, > just create a directory entry, or do I need to put anything there? > > My machine is constantly upgraded (by installing rpms) cooker whore, I > never do a "from scratch" install (believe it or not it started out as a > RH5.1); so what other things should I look for that are supposed to be > created by the install? > > What about the /dev/.devfsd character special node? How is this created, > what min,maj? Is it needed? I saw it on the rc.sysinit script ...
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs6/?open&t=grl,l=252,p=lfs6 we check to see if devfs has already been mounted by the kernel; we do this by checking to see if the /dev/.devfsd character device exists. When devfs is mounted, this device is automatically created by the kernel, and our future devfsd process will use it to communicate with the kernel. If devfs is already mounted (because the user selected the "Automatically mount devfs at boot" kernel option), we print out an informational message letting the user know that we won't be able to set up the persistence features of devfs, since we can only do that if devfs has not been mounted by the kernel. -- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/linux_wizard/index.html - La mis�re a cela de bon qu'elle supprime la crainte des valeurs. Alphonse Allais
