On Friday 22 March 2002 08:43, you wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:25:22 -0500 > > "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm running devfs=mount... What are the implications of changing it to > > =nomount? Will it break anything? If not, I'd be willing to try it. > > > > Not completely sure if I will upgrade to 8.2. I want to get the current > > system running well, and then I will consider upgrading to the 8.2 > > PowerPack. > > No running devfs=nomount will not break anything and in fact in 8.1 on many > systems it is a help. The drawback is that devfs is here to stay and > eventually the ability to load devices will be removed from the kernel and > be completely controlled by devfs. > > For now if you want to try devfs=nomount, go for it. > I would change the hdd=ide-scsi append to hdd=ide-floppy and replace the > sda4 entry in fstab to that which Dennis noted. It could work, you won't > know for sure unless you try. > > > > Are you running with devfs=mount or with devfs=nomount? > > > With =mount dev handles the loading of device modules, with > > > =nomount the kernel handles that task. I was able to get my > > > drive working with devfs=mount. > > > > > > Does ls -l /dev/sda give any out put? > > > > > > Are you planning to get 8.2.? > > > I am not trying to pass the buck, but devfs in 8.1 is pretty > > > flaky but in 8.2 it does the job as intended, though it was > > > necessary for me to edit fstab and create an entry for sda4, > > > but the block device itself was created so it was not > > > necessary to screw around with MAKEDEV or mknod. > > > > > > > > > Charles Just thought I would mention that the 8.2 version has supermount working again and it seems to detect everything in the world. So you may want to think about moving up. I know it can be a pain but this version is IMHO the best yet. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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