Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I see no techincal problem with storing the devices nodes in afs (working
> lookup, getattr, and setattr, returning EACCES for read/write/etc).
This limitation would certianly solve my problem...
> Not in this case. Old redhat install images used to create device nodes on
> a ramfs "if needed" for disk-devices.
Yes, except the install disk need /dev/tty, /dev/ram, etc on the
initrd in order for the installer to actually work. There's a list of
a couple dozen (IIRC) device inodes that the installer expects to
exist. Yes, it builds HDD devices on-the-fly into a ramdisk, but
that's later in the process.
> Love
-derek
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