[SOLVED]Removed sys-fs/devfsd but how to remove it from boot

eldzis · Last edited by eldzis on Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:22 pm; edited 4 times in total

Hi,
i have this problem
i removed sys-fs/devfsd cause it blockem kernel sources, but every time when i start gentoo
it tries to load /devfsd and drops out error,so what can i do to make gentoo not try to load devfsd at startup??
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

eldzis,

Look for a dir called /etc/.devf* (I don't know the whole name) and delete it if you find it
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eldzis · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

i found dir
/etc/devfs.d
and file
/etc/devfsd.conf
should i delete both??
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:

eldzis,

Err. No. I got the file wrong in my post. Its /dev/.devf*, not /etc/....
Don't change /etc/
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eldzis · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

hmm
i didn`t find anything what starts with devf in /dev directory.....
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

eldzis,

/dev/.dev* Thats /dev/(dot)dev* You need to use ls -a to see it.
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wyv3rn · Apprentice Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 154 Location: USA

pass "devfs=nomount" to the kernel at boot. Then recompile your kernel and turn off devfs or atleast the option right below it that says mount dev filesystem automatically at boot.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject:

wyv3rn,

You better have udev installed first, before you rip out devfs or booting will be a bit difficult.
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wyv3rn · Apprentice Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 154 Location: USA

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:37 am Post subject:

wyv3rn,

Point taken aboy repairing the damage - almost anything can be fixed via the liveCD.
Where is this static /dev kept, do you mean the udev /dev tarball?
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wyv3rn · Apprentice Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 154 Location: USA

cd /
mkdir foo
mount -o bind / /foo
ls -al /foo/dev/ <---this is what /dev looks like before devfs/udev runs
umount /foo
rmdir foo

He asked a direct question, not for someone to hold his hand. He seems like a big boy to me so I answered his question, nothing more, nothing less.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:00 am Post subject:

wyv3rn,

Hmm - I'm sure I only used to get /dev/null and /dev/console when I did that.
Thanks.

From new posts in other threads I answered in yesterday it looks like I was having a really bad day yesterday.
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wyv3rn · Apprentice Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 154 Location: USA

I've only used gentoo on x86. Multiple computers (home and production), but all x86. They all have a static /dev by default. Maybe it is different on other arch? Regardless, if he can't boot with devfs=nomount he's going to have a hard time recompiling the kernel to disable devfs start on boot.

I apologize for being nippy too.

eldzis · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:56 am Post subject:

thanks everyone,
thats no problem for me to recompile kernel,but its time consuming process,
so i don`t hurry to do it,i think i`ll do it when newer kernel version comes out!
anyway, i thnik with devfs=nomount is enugh for me now,
i`ll recompile kernel some other day!
thanks!
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eldzis · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

dudes
i tried passing that option to kernel through lilo config but still nothing it trys to check for that devfsd
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Genone · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject:

Checked /etc/conf.d/rc?

eldzis · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject:

uups
forgot,
changed in that file to udev
thanx :wink:

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