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Re: missing /dev/systty, /dev/ram for mkinitrd

To: "Randall A. Jones" <Randall.A.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: missing /dev/systty, /dev/ram for mkinitrd
From: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:14:53 +0200
In-reply-to: <3B9D13B0.3A365737@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <3B9D13B0.3A365737@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:25, Randall A. Jones wrote:
> I am trying to install a new kernel. I need to create a new initrd image
> for booting from SCSI.
>
> first, loopback device files aren't present at boot until I manually do
> modprobe loop.
> then
> mkinitrd complains:
>
> mkinitrd -f --with=loop initrd-2.2.15-3SGI_39_2G.img 2.2.15-3SGI_39_2G
> cp: /dev/ram: No such file or directory
> cp: /dev/systty: No such file or directory

Configure your modutils with the following alias entries:
/dev/ram rd
/dev/loop loop

Also make sure that you have MKOLDCOMPAT entries for the ram disk.

As for systty, what is it anyway?  It's not mentioned in 
linux/Documentation/devices.txt...

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