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

[Georgi Georgiev <chutz@gg3.net>]

maillog: 02/12/2005-03:57:20(+0000): Stephen Bennett types
> 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.

Crap! I was so positive there's a use flag for udev somewhere. Since you
have to accommodate for all possibilities, I'd have to agree with you
here.

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