On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:17:59AM +1100, Heracles wrote:
> When I boot with kernel 2.4.16 I get a couple of strange (to me)
> things.
> 1. If I ask for a df I get an entry in the table for /dev/shm
> which has about 64Mb all unused.
> This entry is not present when I boot back to 2.4.0.
> Any one know what /dev/shm is and why it appears?
You might have an entry in fstab to mount a tmpfs filesystem.
Maybe 2.4.0 doesn't have tmpfs support built in?
have a read of /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
and search for TMPFS
> 2. When using 2.4.16 I can dial the net but pppd dies with an
>
> Any clues or pointers would be welcomed.
No idea, might be a general module problem that is also causing
tmpfs not to be loaded in 2.4.0.
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