I decided to work around the problem by using newstyle names in /etc/fstab and lilo.conf
On Thursday 02 May 2002 07:59 am, Ryan wrote: > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 11:31 pm, R. Douglas Barbieri wrote: > > There is a way to do that in the /etc/devfsd.conf. Here is a sample for > > the cdrom device in my devfsd.conf file: > > > > LOOKUP ^cdrom$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink cdroms/cdrom0 $devpath > > > > You may be able to use the DELETE keyword first to delete the hda1 > > directory. Of course, there could be an entry in your devfsd.conf file > > that's causing this strangness in the first place. > > > > *** > > > > I posted something a while back to vox-tech detailing how to actually > > preserve the state of your /dev partition without having to alter the > > devfsd.conf file. (/me searches vox-tech archives--ah! there it is!). > > Add the following to the top of your rc.sysinit script: > > The website says that only deals with permissions. > > > # Find this at > > # http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html#persistence > > # > > echo -en "Mounting dev filesystem: " > > /bin/mount --bind /dev /dev-state > > /bin/mount -n -t devfs none /dev > > echo > > /sbin/devfsd /dev > > > > You have to make sure that the dev partition is *not* mounted on boot > > (make sure this is turned off in the kernel, or just supply the > > "devfs=nomount" kernel argument). > > > > Once rebooted, you may do as you did eariler: remove the /dev/hda1 > > directory and then symlink it. On reboot, your state should be preserved. > > > > Doug > > > > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ryan wrote: > > > Instead of playing nice and symlinking /dev/hda1 to > > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 like it should, DevFsd keeps > > > making /dev/hda1 an empty direcctory, thwarting my efforts to move my > > > installation to a new hard drive. > > > > > > Oh , and before anyone asks, removing the empty directory and manualy > > > creating the symlink works, but is undone when I reboot. > > > > > > How I fix? > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
