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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