lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2000]   [Feb]   [19]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: devfs howto
Khimenko Victor writes:
> In <38AEF6E5.343B13FD@mandrakesoft.com> Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com) wrote:
> JG> Khimenko Victor wrote:
> >>
> >> In <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002191345460.283-100000@solvent> iehrenwald@earthlink.net (iehrenwald@earthlink.net) wrote:
> >> > Is there a devfs HOWTO somewhere? The README that is in
> >> > linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs is terrible, IMO. It doesn't
> >> > actually give any examples for you to follow.
> >>
> >> Just compile kernel with devfs, add
> >> append="root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/partXX"
>
> JG> I love devfs but have no stomach for typing
> JG> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5
> JG> when instead I could type
> JG> /dev/hda5
>
> Hmm ?? In "append" line you have no choice AFAIK.

Yes and no. The /dev/ide/hd/ names will work for the "root=" boot
option. The /dev/hd?? names should also work (init/main.c does this).

Regards,

Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:56    [W:0.062 / U:0.028 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site