On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:51:50 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 01 January 2004 01:34 am, Ben Munat wrote: > > Just wanted to follow up in case anyone was wondering. > > [ snipped ] > > Call me OLD FASHION, but devfs is the first thing I dump after > installing gentoo on a new box. The steps I take are; recompile the > kernel without devfs support, add "gentoo-nodevfs" to the append line > in lilo.conf, correct any defvs associations iin lilo.con and fstab, > run lilo, rc-update del devfs and then reboot. Once booted, move to > /dev and run MAKEDEV. If you are running alsa, also run snddevices > anad add in any symlinks you might need for various applicaitons... > > Once done, no more devfs MADNESS. > Thanks for the interesting procedure - filed for future reference. In counter to this, I've been running gentoo for about 3 years, and I've never encountered any problems with devfs. True, the config parameters are counter intuitive, but it's been rodk solid for me and I presume, due to the absence of many threads about devfs, for others as well. I'm content to wait for the kernel developers to sort out the new alternative. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
