Keith Owens wrote:
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> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:34:58 +0930,
> David Lloyd <lloy0076@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I use the RedHat kernel distro. Would it be asking too much to have two
> >ISO's, one with devfs on and the other not?
>
> Just boot with "devfs=nomount". No need for two images.
Although... Red Hat tells us that there are race conditions and root
exploits when using devfs, even if it is not mounted. I have not
investigated this.... but I'm more and more inclined to just ship the
new RPMs with no devfs at all, and let the power-users who want the
cutting edge devfs stuff recompile their kernel...
And yes, 2 isos just for devfs options is too much to ask for. :)
-Eric
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