Per the Install docs - make sure experimental options is checked.

> Hello all,
> I am happy to find this thread because I have a strange problem:
> This morning I recompiled my kernel (I used stage3 default), and kept the
> old one in /boot in case my setup didnt work.
> When I rebooted I had an error message telling me that devfs was missing
> and then I rebooted in the old kernel and tried to reconfigure.
> But using either make config or make menuconfig, I cant find the options
> about devfs!!
> Supposedly they should be in "file system", after the "proc file system
> support". And when I quit make menuconfig and check for DEVFS in .config,
> I get:
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
> # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
> How can force these options to appear in make menuconfig?
> Thanks
>
> Le vendredi 13 juin � 10 h. 07, brett holcomb a �crit notamment:
> > What devfs problem do you mean?  The install docs I used
> > for x86 told me I needed to make sure devfs and autostart
> > at boot were checked.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:17:18 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >>You also need to build the kernel with autostart on boot
> > >>for devfs.
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >I think there is already a bug report on this devfs
> > >problem.
> > >But it would save a lot of time to have it outlined in
> > >the Installation Docs.

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