-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09-03-2005 23:50, Joey Hess wrote:
> After I press ctrl-C, I get one more error message in similarly > malformed English: > > Couldnt Activating swap. I guess the "Couldnt" is by initrd-netboottools (and yes, I recognize there's a missing apostrophe), but the last two words is from a base package. > I've no idea where these messages are coming from, but they're new > after switching to initrd-netboot-tools. You haven't seen "Activating swap" before? I believe that to be part of a base package (as mentioned above). I'll be happy to investigate further, but please check again... > Well, I sshed in and it seems that /dev/ is a devfs filesystem. As I > have no devfsd, this can't work well. I looked at > /etc/lessdisks/mkinitrd/install_scripts/90_mount_nfs_root and found the > devfs mount there. Seems useless for my case since my nfs root includes > a complete, static /dev. I commented the mount out, remade my initrd, > and all is well. So, not only the "respawning too fast" but also the need to CTRL-C went away? > I think I'm trying to use this package in a way you didn't really > expect; probably some part of using it right (in a fully lessdisks > environment) makes the devfs mount make sense. I do think it would be > nice if it supported what I'm trying to do with it a little bit better. > Maybe it could omit mounting devfs if /dev is already fully populated? Sounds sane. Thanks for finding new use of this package! I'll pass your suggestion upstream. (Vagrant - are you listening here?) - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er n�r: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCMG4vn7DbMsAkQLgRAukqAJ9qGFtPg/CdLyoJ7t3Ni5qgT3zdGQCdH8el l/B/gzBSabqkZ8t5wwkE0P4= =EdqR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
