Re: [gentoo-dev] contents of /dev after initial installation

[Georgi Georgiev <chutz@gg3.net>]

maillog: 02/12/2005-02:47:55(+0000): Stephen Bennett types
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:35:23 +0100
> Matthias Langer <mlangc@gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> > revealed that there are in fact hundrets of premade device nodes in
> > the /dev directory. And this is not only true for the box where i
> > discovered this, which was brought up from a 2004.x cd, but also true
> > for the box where i just installed gentoo from 2005.1-r1.
> > 
> > Is there any reason for this ?
> 
> Not all systems use udev or devfs. Plus, it's nice to be able to boot
> the system when your dynamic /dev management fails for whatever reason.

I don't need a fully populated /dev to get a working shell with
init=/bin/bash on the kernel cmdline. And at that point it is easy to
run /dev/MAKEDEV and get whatever devices are needed for
troubleshooting.

I of course assume that if the dynamic /dev management fails, then we
need to *recover* instead of trying to get the system up as usual. And I
also assume that the init scripts will anyway tell me "fatal error: give
root password for maintenance or Ctrl-D to continue" if I have something
vital missing from /dev.

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