maillog: 02/12/2005-03:57:20(+0000): Stephen Bennett types > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:45:00 +0900 > Georgi Georgiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't need a fully populated /dev to get a working shell with > > init=/bin/bash on the kernel cmdline. And at that point it is easy to > > run /dev/MAKEDEV and get whatever devices are needed for > > troubleshooting. > > Still more effort than booting into a system that is pretty much > fully-functional already to fix it. > > > I of course assume that if the dynamic /dev management fails, then we > > need to *recover* instead of trying to get the system up as usual. > > And I also assume that the init scripts will anyway tell me "fatal > > error: give root password for maintenance or Ctrl-D to continue" if I > > have something vital missing from /dev. > > See above. And that still doesn't address the issue that some people > don't even want dynamic device management in the first place.
Crap! I was so positive there's a use flag for udev somewhere. Since you have to accommodate for all possibilities, I'd have to agree with you here. -- () Georgi Georgiev () <lux> if macOS is for the computer () () [EMAIL PROTECTED] () illiterate, then windoze is for the () () http://www.gg3.net/ () computer masochists () -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
