> (a) How can I find out if devfs is compiled into the kernel I am going to
> use (I won't compile a kernel by myself yet)?
The kernel package you want to use should have the config file used to
build that kernel packaged with it. Should be in /boot/config-<version>.
Extract with dpkg --fsys-tarfile <package> | tar xvf - ./boot/config-<version>
and check for CONFIG_DEVFS*.
It appears CONFIG_DEVFS_FS is on but CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is off in
2.4.8-powerpc.
> (a) Why can I find the kernel-images with "apt-cache ..." but not with "find
> / -name 'kernel-image*'?
Oh you sure can, if you already downloaded that package and left it where
apt-get stores the downloaded packages (/var/cache/apt/archives/). FYI:
apt-get -d install will leave the downloaded package right there.
apt-cache searches in the packages lists (in /var/lib/apt/lists) for
what's available _in the archive_. find searches your local filesystem
only. HTH.
Michael
