devfs

syph3r2001 · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 44

I get an error when booting, saying that it cannot boot becuase i dont have devfs installed or built in or whatever. How do i ammend the situation?

Athrawn17 · n00b Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Des Moines IA

Could you post the error?
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syph3r2001 · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 44

It just says that i need devfs built into the kernel for gentoo too boot

NicholasDWolfwood · Apprentice Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 235

...no, you don't, I know this for a fact because I was using Gentoo for a long time without DevFS in the kernel.
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syph3r2001 · n00b Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 44

well, then how do i fix it when it says it cant boot because it needs devfs built into the kernel

and then it doesnt boot?

sounds like it does to me

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:27 am Post subject:

You do need devfs to use Gentoo normally. If you don't want to use devfs, add gentoo=nodevfs as kernel parameter.

But since that is only at your own risk, I advise the OP to activate devfs in his kernel.

codemonkey · n00b Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Posts: 22 Location: UK

Sorry if I'm teaching you to 'suck eggs', but in order to get around this error you can boot off the LiveCD, mount and chroot to your /mnt/gentoo directory. Then you can configure and build DevFS into your kernel.

Check out http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml#doc_chap16_pre6 for information on what flags need to be set in the kernel config. Don't forget to set 'Prompt for Development....' otherwise the DevFS support won't be an option.