Mr Klar, I personally solved my problem - it has been difficult, and for a stupid reason : I simply did not know LiLo enough, and did not run /sbin/lilo after setting "devfs=nomount" in /etc/lilo.conf : why ? Because I have been using Grub for years, and when you change Grub's configuration, you edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, that's all ! Mandrake 9.0 is shipped with LiLo by default, I tried to change to Grub, as I wanted to remove the boot GUI in order to have a clean text screen; with DrakConf it does not seem possible, LiLo or Grub bring to the same graphic window, so I kept LiLo, never mind. I can say also that I edit my configuration files by hand, not using DrakConf - because I am an old Unix user/admin, and I still remember when Linux GUIs where not so stable. And also, I dislike GUIs, generally ! But DrakConf is aware of the need of running LiLo after changing the configuration.
So when I tried to disable devfs, I did everything as I used to do in Mandrake 8.2 with Grub : I set "devfs=nomount" in the bootloader configuration file (unfortunately, it was this time /etc/lilo.conf) and removed S99devfsd from /etc/rc5.d. And I did NOT run /sbin/lilo. But I used lilo years ago, maybe with an early Slackware, and I learned it a litlle. Also, I searched a little bit more with Google, because of that hdc4 (my previous post), it looked like I did not disable devfs ! and I finally remembered that you HAVE to run /sbin/lilo each time you change its configuration file !!! It is a nasty trap, maybe I should write to the LiLo maintainers, they could write in a default /etc/lilo.conf that you have to run /sbin/lilo in order to register the changes. The conclusion is that devfs is not stable yet. On Friday 11 October 2002 21:21, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN wrote: > I haven't tried mcc, however I have tried linuxconf. > No success there > I will try when I get home removing hdb from lilo.conf. > I don't recall if I have tried that in my attempts tho. > > Thanks, > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > OTS > WPAFB > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:eslrahc@;bellsouth.net] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 3:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Iomega Zip not detected under v9.0 > > > On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:50:12 -0400 > > Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mcc/mount points ?? > > mcc=Mandrake Control Center then select Mount Points where you can > graphically set the mount points for your devices and set their > attributes. > > It is supposed to now not be necessary but boot with hdb=ide-scsi in > your lilo appends then try accessing the drive with the sda4 fstab > listing. > > I have 5 systems with zip drives, 3 USB and 2 ide, and all work well but > of these only 1, a USB, is a clean 9.0 install all the others are > updated cookers. > > > Charles > > --------------------------- > A homeowner's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a weekend for? > ---------------------- > Charles A Edwards > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------- -- Robert Grasso @home --- UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn
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