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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: SM Users-list <sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] init-update
  • Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:13:27 -0700

Quoting Bas van Gils <bas.vangils AT cs.kun.nl>:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been reading up on the new init-system (read the howto and the
> discussions on the mailinglists) and think I finally understand it, except
> for
> 1 thing in the howto. That is, I'm not really sure so just to be on the
> safe
> side I'd better ask here first:
>
> Open /etc/inittab in a text editor and change the device paths used by
> agetty to use the /dev file system instead of /devices
>
> The relevant part of my /etc/inittab now looks like this:
>
> vc1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/1 9600
> vc2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/2 9600
> vc3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/3 9600
> vc4:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/4 9600
> vc5:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/5 9600
> vc6:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /devices/vc/6 9600
>
> I read 'man 5 inittab' and guess it should be changed to:
>
> vc1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty1 9600
> vc2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty2 9600
> vc3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty3 9600
> vc4:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty4 9600
> vc5:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty5 9600
> vc6:234:respawn:/sbin/agetty /dev/tty6 9600
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bas

Yes, though casting init.d will take care of this for you (if you tell it
to),
and a symlink is made from /devices -> /dev anyways, so it /may/ not be
necessary.

-sandalle

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