>>>>> "udo" == Udo Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
udo> gabor wrote: >> hi, >> >> maybe it's a lamer question, but... >> >> i can't install that package... >> >> it begins to install it, the preparations take forever, >> and then he stops with unable to install: devfs mounted.. >> >> i don't really understand devfs, but i thought that i should unmount >> it.. it didn't work with simply umount /dev so i tried /etc/lilo.conf, >> and add append="devfs=unmount" but it didn't help. >> btw. i'm using mandrake8.2 with the kernel from mandrake 81 ( >> 2.4.8-26mdk). >> >> thanks, >> gabor udo> remove the devfs entry from the lilo.conf, reboot the system udo> mount --bind /dev /lib/dev-state udo> than update the dev-rpm and MAKEDEV-rpm (should work now) udo> put the devfs=mount back in the lilo.conf udo> reboot booting with devfs=nomount should do the trick. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
