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  • From: GOUY Yann <yann_gouy AT yahoo.fr>
  • To: sm-users <sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] no virtual console with kernel 2.6.1
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:47:52 +0100

Le jeu 29/01/2004 à 00:47, Hamish Greig a écrit :
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> udev will become a replacement one day, but devfs is still necessary now.
> AS you have just proved :)
> I have begun playing around with making an ISO and rescue cd for 2.6 users
> would it help you for me to place a tarball of a 2.6.1 spell with devfs
> built
> in and every module under the sun also built ? It is built for i586 and
> won't
> boot a scsi system with out an initrd , but IDE or ide raid will boot fine ?
> If you need it, it is here
> http://kasoguru.homelinux.org/SMGL/linux-2.6.1-i586-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
>
> Hamish

I'm downloading it right now (from the good URL) and I'll take a look
but may be not tonight, I'm tired and will soon go to bed.

Yann

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> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:27, GOUY Yann wrote:
> > Le jeu 29/01/2004 à 00:17, Hamish Greig a écrit :
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> > > this actually sounds like devfs is not mounting at boot :(
> > > Hamish
> >
> > I believed that devfs was no longer necessary thanks to udev.
> > I've casted udev and hotplug
> >
> > Yann
> >
> > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:37, GOUY Yann wrote:
> > > > Le mer 28/01/2004 à 22:48, Jason Flatt a écrit :
> > > > > On Wednesday 28 January 2004 11:50 am, GOUY Yann wrote:
> > > > > > Le mer 28/01/2004 à 20:57, Jason Flatt a écrit :
> > > > > > > [ b i g s n i p ]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Boot your computer using your SMGL install CD. Continue at the
> > > > > > > first menu, then shell at the second menu. Mount your main
> > > > > > > partition under /mnt, and change your fstab there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > that partly what I've done but booting on the same partition from
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > 2.4.24 kernel.
> > > > > > but no success!!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > may be I have missed something in the kernel configuration?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yann
> > > > >
> > > > > You can check the kernel options by looking
> > > > > in /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version>/.config for, I think,
> > > > > CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y (or '=m', but I would think that '=y' would be
> > > > > better). If you have that, then the problem is probably caused by
> > > > > something else. If it says 'is not set', then you will have to
> > > > > recompile your kernel, and enable for that option in File Systems.
> > > >
> > > > I've checked and infortunately I have CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y.
> > > > so? I don't know what can be wrong?
> > > >
> > > > any other idea are welcome.
> > > >
> > > > It seems to me that the 2.6.1 kernel as problem with Athlon MoBo, may
> > > > be it is one of those.
> > > >
> > > > Yann
> > >
> > > - --
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