On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The warning you are getting about the /proc/partition & /dev inconsistency
> could be caused by devfs being compiled into the kernel (which would cause
> /proc/partitions to use the devfs naming scheme), and either devfs being
> mounted somewhere other
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 1) whether the /proc/partitions and /dev directory structure inconsistency
> > could be related to renaming the fstab entry for the CD drive
>
[snip useful explanations of how devfs is affecting /proc/partitions,
and symlinks for the cd]
Can I just
> 1) whether the /proc/partitions and /dev directory structure inconsistency
> could be related to renaming the fstab entry for the CD drive
Not directly. Both could possibly be caused by devfs, which is what is almost
definetly causing the /proc/partition & /dev inconsistency, and might be the
r
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Ken Moffat wrote:
> As to naming the cdrom, /dev/cdrom will usually be a symlink to another
> device (e.g. hdc or perhaps scd0 if your distro uses scsi emulation for
> read and write). If you are using the ide driver, /dev/hdc or whichever
> won't cause you problems. Distros
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, James Miller wrote:
> I recently made some kernel changes and was fiddling with lilo.conf on a
> Debian Sid system. Of course I had to run "lilo" to get the changes to
> take effect. When I did, I got an error message that I'm not quite sure
> how to interpret. I'd like to a
I recently made some kernel changes and was fiddling with lilo.conf on a
Debian Sid system. Of course I had to run "lilo" to get the changes to
take effect. When I did, I got an error message that I'm not quite sure
how to interpret. I'd like to ask some input here on what it means and on
what I
