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Re: Boot errors

To: Brian Witowski <brianw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Boot errors
From: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05 May 2002 11:41:39 +0400
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В Вск, 05.05.2002, в 03:19, Brian Witowski написал:
> I am getting the following at the end of my boot:  
> 
> devfs_register(1): could not append to parent, err: -17
> devfs_register(a1): could not append to parent, err: -17
> 
> But I get 3 occurrances of each, alternating between (a) and (a1).
> 
> The are referring to /dev/vcc/1 and dev/vcc/a1, but I don't understand what 
> the problem is. 


It means 1 and a1 already exist under /dev/vcc when driver tries
register them.

 I have read that they can be ignored but I would like to 
> clean them up if possibe.
> 

The most obvious case - something restores /dev state on bootup from
hardcopy using something like cp, cpio, tar or whatever.

> I'm running Gentoo linux, 2.4.19-r1 kernel with devfsd 1.3.24. 
> 

With these versions there is no need to use the above. Put RESTORE in
devfsd.conf, clean up whatever directory is used to save /dev state and
let devfsd do its work.

-andrej


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