Re: [gentoo-user] Re: No /dev entries in recent stage3 snapshots?

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:50:17 +0000, Nick Cunningham wrote:

> > But, that doesn't really solve the problem, since after a
> > reboot the /dev directory will be empty again and you end up
> > with problems such as no console during startup.

> IIRC thats because  /dev should be populated on startup by udev so i
> would check that udev is installed and working properly, if you use
> openrc then this could be the cause as openrc now starts udev through
> normal scripts i think, sometimes on upgrade from baselayout 1 they may
> not be automatically added to the right runlevels.

You still need /dev/console in the dev directory of the root partition,
along with /dev/null. Anything else is a waste of disk space and inodes
as the static /dev/devices are hidden as soon as udev starts. If the
tarball doesn't contain /dev/console it is broken, but it is also broken
if it contains thousands of device entries. 


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Do not merely believe in miracles; rely on them. * Finagle

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