[uml-user] ubd device naming

[Zev B. <ze...@st...>]

Hi,
I've been wrestling with getting UML to run under an installer 
(Linux/Athena), and I've run into some ubd naming issues.  The installer 
looks at /proc/partitions to ensure that you've entered a valid 
partition name.  Under a 2.6.10 UML, that file shows devices with names 
like ubda and ubdb1.  Under a 2.4.27 UML, that file shows devices with 
names like ubd/disc0/disk and ubd/disc1/part1.  The problem is that I'm 
trying to do the install under 2.6.10 (afs drivers don't seem to work 
under 2.4) and /dev only has devices that look like /dev/ubd/0 
(/dev/ubd/disc0, etc.).  Without devfs, there are only /dev/ubdX (X an 
integer).  In other words, /dev/ubd[abc,etc] don't exist.  Do I have to 
make symlinks, is this a bug in uml, or is this an ongoing naming 
migration issue?  Can someone tell me what's going on with ubd naming?

Thank you very much.


Zev Benjamin