Since recent discussions stressed the importance of not letting open issues unanswered, here I go.
rc1 (and, I guess, the final version) seem to add a "devfs=mount" option to the kernel, via the bootloader. (At least, on the laptop I've tried here.) Also, please don't release too many final versions while people only have time to download one or two candidate isos. ;-) (Ok, the right thing to do is to maintain a local cooker repository, but I have to get started first.) On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Stephane Gourichon wrote: > Hello, > > I've had some problems with beta4, but they may still exist in rc1. > > I've installed a vanilla beta3, then upgraded to beta 4. Standard kernel > included in the ISO, no special modifications (expect switching from oss > to alsa sound driver). > > At beginning it worked ok. > Then I noticed some things didn't work. > I saw that devfsd was no more launched at boot ! > > After investigating, adding "devfs=mount" explicitely in the kernel > command line (via grub/lilo) solved the problem. > > It's strange, because I never had to do this before. > (I've kept copy of the /etc in my old setups and compared) > > Maybe this can be a hint to someone that has devfs problems ? -- St�phane Gourichon - Labo. d'Informatique de Paris 6 - AnimatLab http://animatlab.lip6.fr/ - philo du dimanche http://amphi-gouri.org/ "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" -- Ghandi
