On Friday 05 August 2005 06:03, Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> * Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Aug 05 01:15 -0500]: > >> When I first installed it, I didn't do any sort of configuration. I >> didn't see any difference in how my system worked, until I looked in /dev >> where the dozens (hundreds?) of device nodes I don't use were gone. > > Well, that should restore some inodes back to the system at the very > least. /dev is mounted as a tmpfs filesystem with "transient" inodes. With older versions of udev, I think the original /dev directory was moved to /.dev,and so it still used some inodes on /. With udev 0.65, /.dev is gone and I don't know if it's just moved. > I don't like comparing Debian and Windows, but here is an experience > from yesterday. I have an IBM T42 at work without a 3.5" floppy drive, > of course. Since more of these things are showing up, we decided it > might be wise to get a USB floppy. We got it yesterday, new in the > box. I plugged it into the T42 which runs XP, of course, and the OS > picked it right up, assigned it as drive A, and I went right to > formatting a disk in it and copying a file. Didn't even need the > driver CD. That's a good indication that it should (or could) work the same on Linux. The fact you didn't need a driver CD may be evidence that Windows XP relies on a built-in database to identify USB mass-storage drive types. My experience with XP is limited; the first time I attached an Apple iPod to an XP system, it wanted a driver. > Right now I have some custom Hotplug scripts for my Jump Drive and my > camera. They are a kludge, but they get the job done. Where are hotplug scripts on a Debian system? Maybe I could locate a clue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
