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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 05:32:05AM +0000, Nathan Phillip Brink wrote

> You can already try out what using mdev instead of udev is like in
> Gentoo. Just add `sys-apps/busybox mdev' to /etc/portage/package.use,
> remerge busybox. You must be sure to be using busybox-1.92.2 or later
> for bug #83301.

  Did you mean busybox-1.19.2?  That's the latest ebuild in
/usr/portage, and it's still ~amd64 (~everything for that matter).

> # rc-update add mdev sysinit
> # rc-update del udev sysinit
> 
> But be 'ware that this isn't guaranteed to provide a successful boot
> ;-).

  Thanks for the idea.  I have a spare box kicking around that I can try
it on.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>