I read that there used to be a lot of problems with devfsd, so I simply kept using "devfs=nomount". But then, the other day the bug in the menu package removed /dev/null, so I had to use "devfs=mount". Then I discovered that I had a problem with my USB JetFlash drive. Mandrake now automatically edits fstab and inserts supermount for my JetFlash. This was OK if it was DOS formatted; but I have formatted my JetFlash as an ext2 FS, and supermount (apparently) does not handle that type of formatting. My stupid procedure is now to copy fstab from a safe place just before I mount my Flash drive. It used to work in the traditional way when I used "devfs=nomount".
But, if there is a way to avoid supermount, or to use ext2 with supermount, I am willing to stick with devfs. -- Bjarne On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 04:58, Reinhard Katzmann wrote: > Hi Bjarne, > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 04:50:03AM +0200, Bjarne Thomsen wrote: > > Sorry, yet another question: > > > > How does this devfs mounting work? Is it mounted on > > top of the mount point /dev ? > > Yes that what it does. > > > 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 > > If the rescue mode uses devfsd you would have to umount > it from /dev (I never tried if this was possible). > > > Is this the way to proceed? > > I have no problems using devfsd :) > I once had but devfs=nomount made life even much more complicated > so I waited for a devfsd fix then. > > Regards, > > Reinhard Katzmann > -- > Software-Engineer, Developer for Embedded Devices > Project: Pertergrin, a role playing game system > GnuPG Public Key available on request
