Devfs not automounting

Zb7 · 09-06-2003, 02:23 PM

I think the title pretty much sums it up. I am isntalling crux linux, and I have compiled my kernel(2.4.21). I added devfs support, and set devfs to mount on boot, but it doesn't, and I get that nasty "Can not find initial console" error. I've tried many times to recompile the kernel but none of them work. I've fiddled around with fstab too, but that doesn't work either. I feel like I'm all out of options.

DavidPhillips · 09-07-2003, 12:22 AM

you need devfsd, did you install it

Zb7 · 09-07-2003, 12:53 AM

I installed pretty much all the system packages, and everything in the kernel under 'devfs" where else in the kernel config would devfsd be located?

_john_i_ · 09-07-2003, 03:35 AM

Make sure you have a /dev mount point on your root drive for the kernel to mount it at. If not, just "mkdir /dev".

Also, you don't _have_ to have devfsd. My system runs completely without it. I have only a few programs that cannot cope with devfs, and for them I create a couple symlinks in
/dev with my boot scripts.

_john_i_