Eric Lucas on Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:26:06 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] weird devfs issues


Whoa!  Is there a link to some HOWTO or similar document on
disabling devfs for Mandrake 9.1?  This (the devfs suck-e-ness)
would explain several "screw-ups" I've had with Mandrake 9.1 and 
it would be good to have them cleared up!

TIA

Eric



Quoting Paul <paul@dpagin.net>:

> Will Dyson wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 07:13, Paul wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>If I remember correctly and it is true, how important is this?  From 
> >>what I've read DevFS will be replaced in future kernels.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >But 2.6 will not be out for several months (at least). And, while I
> >encourage everybody to test out new kernels to find bugs, it doesn't
> >make the immedate problem go away.
> >  
> >
> 
> Right.  On the other hand, I helped a guy stabilize his Mandrake system 
> by disabling DevFS.  The system worked fine without DevFS, but he 
> decided to repair DevFS and re-enable it.  Given a choice, maybe it's 
> better to not use DevFS and wait for something better.
> 
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