Re: RedHat 7.0 anaconda installer doesn't support devfs
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 09:19:45PM -0400, Joseph Fannin wrote: > Jeff Merkey wrote: > > >On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:31:05AM -0400, jeff millar wrote: > >> Redhat support got back to me today and said 7.0 doesnt support > >> upgrades to systems running devfs. But I thought sure than Linus > >> blessed it! :-) > >> Does anyone have a fix? > > > >Good question. I noticed this as well. > > > I couldn't run devfs on a fresh install of RedHat 7 either; the > use of labels in fstab to identify partitions seems to preclude this. Eh? That doesn't make sense. I've used devfs & LABELs in my fstab before fine. That really shouldn't be the problem. Your root gets mounted, yes? Then /proc and /proc is needed (I don't know the file) for the LABEL/UUID-> device stuff. > Well, I *could* have hacked all the necessary scripts if I knew what > they were, I guess. The rawhide scripts used to start devfs all by themselves. -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: RedHat 7.0 anaconda installer doesn't support devfs
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 09:19:45PM -0400, Joseph Fannin wrote: Jeff Merkey wrote: On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:31:05AM -0400, jeff millar wrote: Redhat support got back to me today and said 7.0 doesnt support upgrades to systems running devfs. But I thought sure than Linus blessed it! :-) Does anyone have a fix? Good question. I noticed this as well. I couldn't run devfs on a fresh install of RedHat 7 either; the use of labels in fstab to identify partitions seems to preclude this. Eh? That doesn't make sense. I've used devfs LABELs in my fstab before fine. That really shouldn't be the problem. Your root gets mounted, yes? Then /proc and /proc is needed (I don't know the file) for the LABEL/UUID- device stuff. Well, I *could* have hacked all the necessary scripts if I knew what they were, I guess. The rawhide scripts used to start devfs all by themselves. -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: RedHat 7.0 anaconda installer doesn't support devfs
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:31:05AM -0400, jeff millar wrote: > Redhat support got back to me today and said 7.0 doesnt support > upgrades to systems running devfs. But I thought sure than Linus blessed > it! :-) > Does anyone have a fix? Good question. I noticed this as well. Jeff > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: RedHat 7.0 anaconda installer doesn't support devfs
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:31:05AM -0400, jeff millar wrote: Redhat support got back to me today and said 7.0 doesnt support upgrades to systems running devfs. But I thought sure than Linus blessed it! :-) Does anyone have a fix? Good question. I noticed this as well. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
