To quote Stefan Nobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # No, but Andreas stated clearly that he don't want to use devfsd. And the above # are the internal names of devfs and the device drivers. The other names like # /dev/discs/disc0 and the like are the user friendly naming scheme which is # brought to you with devfsd. So if you don't use devfsd you don't get the new, # shorter names but only the very long internal names (which are deprecated to # use).
Incorrect; on my system, the shortened names exist without devfsd. Observe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# ps aux | grep devfs | grep -v grep [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# mount -t devfs none /dev [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# ps aux | grep devfs | grep -v grep [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# ls /dev/discs/ total 0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Dec 31 1969 disc0 -> ../ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0 lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 30 Dec 31 1969 disc1 -> ../ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# ps aux | grep devfs | grep -v grep [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/david]# Tada :) They do exist. It's still longer than '/dev/hda1', but '/dev/discs/disc0/part1' isn't all that bad. Dave
