reassign 274511 debian-installer severity 274511 wishlist thanks On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 01:25:38PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > Package: cdrom, d-i > Severity: important > > [ not sure which package to file it against; reassign as appropriate if > needed ] > > Hi, > > when you install sarge (or use the rescue system) you get devfs.
This *so* won't be fixed for sarge. :-) It's quite deeply embedded in the d-i code. For etch, we'll probably move to something else, but now is not the time. > However, Linux newbies or people switching from other distributions not > using devfs (and not knowing that something like this exists or how it > works - devfs is deprecated after all) are going to be seriously > confused.... By and large, they shouldn't have to care. The installed system doesn't use devfs, and new users won't have to poke around in the installer environment too much. > The resulting system installed by d-i doesn't so what is the reason > you use devfs/the desired effect? We don't have room for static device nodes, and no alternatives were available at the time when that part of d-i was originally written. devfsd wouldn't fit in a number of the images, and would probably only cause unnecessary confusion. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
