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Re: First time setup issues.

To: goswin.brederlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, JAVenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: First time setup issues.
From: "Khimenko Victor" <devfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:09:22 +0400 (MSD)
Cc: devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: MCCME
References: <87ya418n86.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <CFC0BB0C8806D411913D0008C75B71C21F4EF4@MAIL1>
Sender: owner-devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
19-Jun-00 21:50 you wrote:
     >> For the moment that's the only things I have had problems with.
     >> I am using RedHat 6.2 and kernel 2.4test1

     >> Sorry for the repost, I forgot another question, having done
     >> this, what happened to my old /dev files and entries, can i
     >> delete them ? how do I do that ?

> When you have the devfs to be mounted automatically at bootup you can
> delet the files in dev, but better move the old directory to /dev.old
> and make a new /dev (for testing if it realy works). To do that, you
> need to unmount the devfs (hope you can do that, maybe only in single
> user mode).  If nothing works, boot a rescue disk and move dev to
> dev.old and make a new directory /dev.

Unfortunatelly it's the only choice :-/ Not even in single mode you can
unmount /dev (init and kernel itself needs it - that's why it's automounted
in kernel and not from init scripts, BTW).




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