On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 12:33:24PM -0700, Eugenio Diaz wrote:
> --- 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?
No. It's just used as a mount point.
> 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?
Don't know. We'll see at your next complain. In principle /initrd is
created when an initrd is made during the kernel install (AFAIR).
> 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 ...
It's devfs stuff. I'm not using it but I think it'll be created by devfs
if you issue a "mount -t devfs none /dev" or so. The initscript check
for it in case devfs is automagically mounted on boot in order to start
devfsd for backward compatibility.
Cheers,
Odie
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