I have no idea what should be done, but if it's decided that replacing the
console device is correct..
On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 05:53:30PM +0200, Shaul Karl was heard to say:
> 2) Decide what current users (slink users) should do. Is it simply a matter
> of
> rm slink /dev/console and MAKEDEV the new /dev/console and that is all? What
> will be the consequences of doing these rm and MAKEDEDV on a running system?
I'd assume that the only problem is that programs might try to open
/dev/console in the brief timespan that it's gone..would it be sufficient to
just MAKEDEV the new console in another directory on the same filesystem, then
mv it to /dev/console? (mv should use rename, which is atomic)
Daniel
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