Andrew Perrin wrote (Tue 2004-Jan-06 22:19:13 -0500):
> ... for others who may have
> rushed headlong into upgrading into devfs ...
And for those who may be planning to do so: rethink your plans.
The devfs idea didn't quite work out. In 2.6 devfs is only
present with its basic features, and it's
Andrew Perrin wrote (Tue 2004-Jan-06 22:19:13 -0500):
> ... for others who may have
> rushed headlong into upgrading into devfs ...
And for those who may be planning to do so: rethink your plans.
The devfs idea didn't quite work out. In 2.6 devfs is only
present with its basic features, and it's
Indeed I did - and that was the problem. Thanks - for others who may have
rushed headlong into upgrading into devfs, what I did to fix it was to
boot to a rescue disk, type "linux root=/dev/hda4" (insert your /
partition there), and edit /etc/fstab to use the devfs style devices
(e.g., /dev/discs/d
Indeed I did - and that was the problem. Thanks - for others who may have
rushed headlong into upgrading into devfs, what I did to fix it was to
boot to a rescue disk, type "linux root=/dev/hda4" (insert your /
partition there), and edit /etc/fstab to use the devfs style devices
(e.g., /dev/discs/d
Yes, I know - but unfortunately what I was trying to do was "fdisk
/dev/hda" -- that is, view the partition table. The fact that /dev/hda was
unreadable even at that point is what made me question the drivers.
ap
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Andrew J Perr
Quoting Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This morning I upgraded the kernel on my Sony Vaio PCG-Z505HS from 2.4.20
> to 2.4.22. Everything went very smoothly, until I rebooted the machine --
> at which point it seemed to begin fine, then tried the fsck on /dev/hda4
> which holds / . fsck says
Yes, I know - but unfortunately what I was trying to do was "fdisk
/dev/hda" -- that is, view the partition table. The fact that /dev/hda was
unreadable even at that point is what made me question the drivers.
ap
--
Andrew J Perr
Quoting Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This morning I upgraded the kernel on my Sony Vaio PCG-Z505HS from 2.4.20
> to 2.4.22. Everything went very smoothly, until I rebooted the machine --
> at which point it seemed to begin fine, then tried the fsck on /dev/hda4
> which holds / . fsck says
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