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From: Stephen Bennett <spb@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] contents of /dev after initial installation
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:45:00 +0900
Georgi Georgiev <chutz@gg3.net> wrote:

> 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.

Still more effort than booting into a system that is pretty much
fully-functional already to fix it.

> 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.

See above. And that still doesn't address the issue that some people
don't even want dynamic device management in the first place.
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