> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Glanzmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:03 PM > To: FAI > Subject: Re: FAI release 2.5.2 > > > Hi Bruce, > > > Does FAI 2.5.2 work with a devfs kernel by chance? > > Every version FAI does (as far as I know). But don't put the 'mount > devfs on boot option' to true. Debian does mount devfs if > configured so > automatically. But the FAI installation process doesn't. The > only thing > you have to look at is that devfs disk devices look a bit different to > traditional ones. > > I am not 100 percent sure, but I think this doesn't concerns > FAI at all. > Maybe you have to add an alternative string match anywhere. But you'll > see if you run into trouble. > > Thomas >
A while back I built a FAI kernel with devfs and it broke, even though I was not mounting at boot and was running devfsd. I think it was the drive partitioning that tripped it up. Not sure though, sorry. Has anyone tried a FAI install with devfs enabled in the kernel, and running devfsd? -Bruce