Gentoo uses devfs also.
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> From: -ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:03 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Installnig Gentoo
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> what distro? my Mandrake 8.2 box uses devfs, out the box...
> not sure what
> other distro's do. Redhat doesn't i know...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ray]$ cat /etc/mandrake-release
> Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Bluebird) for i586
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ray]$ mount
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> none on /dev type devfs (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> /dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
> /dev/hda8 on /usr2 type reiserfs (rw)
> none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw,devmode=0664,devgid=43)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>
>
> I've never had any problems with devfs on mandrake....but i
> don't have any
> joysticks (my boss might question that, haha...)
>
> -ray
>
>
> On 13 Feb 2003, Abbott Mujica wrote:
>
> > thats why i run linux... i hate devfs. its annoyin and its
> buggy with
> > joystick support so watch out!
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 09:53, Scott Harney wrote:
> > > John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > FreeBSD 5.0 uses devfs by default and therefore has no MAKEDEV.
> > > So for some reason your floppy drive isn't be
> automatically recognized.
> > > Perhaps dmesg holds clue
> > >
> > > > There is a /dev/MAKEDEV in OpenBSD, and googling around
> for "makedev
> > > > freebsd" returns results that make me think it is supposed to be
> > > > there. Was it possibly deleted?
> > > >
> > > > BTW: I love this list. I didn't know much about MAKEDEV
> and mknod
> > > > until reading the exchange between Mat and Abbott. A
> quick trip to man
> > > > and info pages and now I understand what MAKEDEV is (a
> script that
> > > > calls mknod to build special files, like for hardware
> devices such as
> > > > floppy drives).
> > > >
> > > > Mat, thanks for asking that. Abbott, thanks for being a
> smartass. ;)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks be to Xenu for free software!!!
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > On 12 Feb 2003 20:28:09 -0600, Mat Branyon
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> yes, but why would there be no /dev/MAKEDEV??
> > > >>
> > > >> --mat
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 19:55, Abbott Mujica wrote:
> > > >>> lol makedev... you newb... man mknod and also read
> the devices tab in
> > > >>> bsd... its all well documented mah man
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > John Hebert
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