On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:32:56PM -0400, David Teague wrote > > Folks, > > I have a question from a buddy who asks the following question, > which I could not help him with. I have had wonderful support, > I hope one of you can help him. > > Send flames to me for any lack of information, I'll ask him for what > you need. It ain't his fault ;) > > Please send answers to both of us. [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Victor asks: > > . I am trying to compile a very minimal Linux kernel for a 486 with > . limited memory and disk space. It will just be a simple networking > . gateway. > > . I have compiled a monolithic kernel that seems to run > . ok but it has a small problem... > > . The rc.sysinit script invokes the command: > > . mount -a -t nonfs, smbfs, ncpfs, proc > > . This produces an error message: > > . mount: fs type devpts not supported by kernel > . > . This error message results from attempting > . to mount the nonfs filesystem mentioned in this > . mount command. > . > . The mount man page says that something is mounted on /dev/pts but > . I don't know what that is. > . > . Can you tell me what filesystem, or other support > . needs to be included in the kernel configuration to > . fix this, or is it even needed? >
Devpts is the pseudofs used by Unix98 PTY's. You don't need it, and not using them may save you a little in memory/kernel size. Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes for a little more info. To avoid the message (which isn't really doing any harm) comment out the line in /etc/fstab that reads (approximately) none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
