Lorne wrote on Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 10:09:51PM -0700 : > Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try that at work. I guess it doesn't > default loaded. I just checked my 8.2 box and it didn't have the /dev/loop > either. I did a modprobe loop and bam... there they are, so it is much more > simple than I anticipated. My guess is that it will work on the 9.0 box at > work as well. I could have sworn I tried that though arleady. Musta got > sidetracked.
One of the things that people should add to their thought processes is
"Do I have devfs running?" which will then lend itself to a couple of
extra steps.
The way that devfs works (greatly simplified) is that it creates devices
as hardware is needed. devfs knows due to configuration file
/etc/devfsd.conf and individual files in /etc/devfs/conf.d/*.conf that
when something tries to access a device, devfs will tell the kernel to
autoload the module, which then has code to interact with devfs, which
then creates the device files it needs. All this is done seamlessly to
the user. devfs is also smart enough that if you just wanted to create
your own device files, it would let you and save a copy of it in
/lib/dev-state. Additionally, it will restore that file the next reboot
because one of the first things it does is copy everything from
/lib/dev-state to the now mounted /dev.
When you stop thinking of devfs as a bunch of devices and start thinking
of it being like /proc, it starts to make a little sense. Yes, I know
it's not EXACTLY like /proc, but helps to put things in order in your
mind.
Blue skies... Todd
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