In article <73bb3f04-c271-422d-ace2-10aab3bf9...@nmsu.edu>, Brook Milligan <br...@nmsu.edu> wrote: >I notice what appears to be an incompatibility under some circumstances >between fstab and MAKEDEV. > >- /etc/fstab has an entry for the mount point /dev/pts > >- /dev/pts is not created as part of system installation (unlike >/dev/altq and /dev/fd, which are empty directories) > >- /dev/pts is instead created by MAKEDEV when ptm devices are created, >which is part of all) but not init) > >This means that /dev created by init on a memory filesystem will not >contain /dev/pty (or the ptm* devices). > >There are at least several solutions to this: > >- create an empty /dev/pts directory during installation as is done for >/dev/altq and /dev/fd. > >- teach init) to also create the ptm devices > >- remove the ptyfs entry from /etc/fstab > >- ... ? > >The first option seems simplest, but if the ptm* devices should always >be available and ptyfs is supposed to work in all cases, then the second >option is required. > >What is the best way forward?
Martin just fixed it. christos