Thierry Vignaud writes:
> Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> Attached patch is against current Mandrake devfsd.conf. It works just
> >> fine here for SCSI; I'd appreciate anybody testing it for IDE. It is
> >> great because it means we can continue to use compatibility names by
> >> default without endless "hey, why it says no such device!"=20
> >>
> >> blockdev is garanteed to exist on Mandrake that is currently my concern
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> many thanks for idea (yes, sometimes you must really read TFM).
> >
> > Well, thanks, but since blockdev isn't available everywhere, I can't
> > really use it in a generic configuration file. However, I wonder if
> > blockdev is actually required. IIRC, merely opening the block device
> > should suffice to trigger media revalidation. Is this not the case?
> > What is blockdev doing that is special?
> >
> > Can you please try to use dd instead in your devfsd.conf file and tell
> > me if that works? An action like this:
> > EXECUTE dd if=$mntpnt/\1 of=/dev/null count=1
>
> this would add a dependancy on fileutils. as for mandrake, it's
> required by basesystem package, so it's ok for us. should be the
> same for rh & debian, but a check wouldn't hurt.
I'd first like to establish that this will actually work. Someone
please try this and let me know.
Regards,
Richard....
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