Sorry, yet another question: How does this devfs mounting work? Is it mounted on top of the mount point /dev ? Are all the traditional device files still existing in the /dev directory if I use rescue mode on the installation CD? I could then create the missing /dev/null
Is this the way to proceed? -- Bjarne On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 03:52, J.A. Magallon wrote: > > On 2002.09.13 Bjarne Thomsen wrote: > >I forgot: > >(a) There is no trace in the syslog of the "devfs=nomount" boot. > > (the computer had to be turned off) > >(b) I have absolutely only installed packages newer than RC2. > > Yes, I did upgrade the menu package (it removed /dev/null). > >(c) The dev package is installed. > > > >What could possibly make /dev/null read-only? > >Not exactly a good idea for the null device. > > > > Just suffered from that... > > http://www.mandrake.com/en/archives/cooker/2002-09/msg01603.php > > Abstract: > cd /dev > rm -f null > ./MAKEDEV null > > Hope this helps. > > -- > J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Software is like sex: > werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free > Mandrake Linux release 9.0 (Cooker) for i586 > Linux 2.4.20-pre6-jam1 (gcc 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1mdk)) >
