Dale: ... > Can a system even boot without udev? Yes, use sys-fs/static-dev (unless you have some special boot requirements).
> I would think the bootloader would get it to a certain point > but then die later on. :/ The bootloader needs to find the kernel and possible the initrd/ initramfs if you use them. Then kernel needs (depending on your setup) to find the root filesystem and then /sbin/init. And init needs to start up the rest of the system. The above have been working wery well for a long time, but if you don't use udev and initrd et al, most (all?) distributions don't help you anymore with it; you have to know yourself how to do it. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57
