I never ignore any advice ;-)
My kernel is 2.4.18-8.1
I downloaded 2.4.20 a few days ago, but haven't had time to install it.
I might as well do it and see if your idea pans out.
Thanks,
Robert
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 13:17, Marton Kadar wrote:
> Just a wild idea... what kernel are you using?
> Is this a problem you always had or something new?
> I had the idea that the thread on this list started
> by David Fokkema on the 17th of December might be
> related to your problem.
> At the end of the thread David reported that kernel
> 2.4.20 solved his problem of not being able to refer
> to the disc0 device link as root device, only the
> ide/host0/.../... full specification. In 2.4.18
> only the full path can be specified, but in 2.4.20
> the simplified name could be used too.
> I haven't seen 2.4.20 yet so can't tell, but it is
> possible that the simplified symlink is not behaving
> exactly the way it used to and this way the symlink
> and unlink actions of devfsd will fail.
> Again, this was just a wild idea.
> Ignore it if you want to.
>
> Marton
> ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > >
> > > Less cryptic than it might seem at first glance. Trick
> > > is to start from a working example. e.g., here is the
> > > entry for my tape drive. "/dev/tapes/tape0/mt" is what
> > > I want "/dev/tape" to look like. Paths are relative to
> > > /dev/ (or whatever your mount point is). You can LOOKUP
> > > a new device, REGISTER the "real" device as the "standard"
> > > device or UNREGISTER the device. From there the logic is
> > > not all that complicated:
> > >
> > > LOOKUP ^tape$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL
> > > symlink tapes/tape0/mt tape
> > > REGISTER ^tapes/tape0/mt$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink tapes/tape0/mt
> > > tape
> > > UNREGISTER ^tapes/tape0/mt$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink tape
> > >
> > >
> > > Either way, you still have a bug in your devfsd.conf file.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer
> > > Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647
> > > +1 773 252 1080
> >
> > I know I didn't modify anything, but with your information, let me look
> > that file over and get back to you. Thanks for helping out, regardless..
> >
> > --
> > Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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