Re: [uml-user] Why I have to use 'devfs=mount' to boot Fedora Core 3 base?

[Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...>]

On Friday 30 December 2005 05:37, Xinhuan Zheng wrote:
> I've bootstrapped uml host 'uml-test', which is downloaded from
> www.stearns.org/uml-root/, root_fs.fc-3-base.pristine.20050605.bz2. I have
> to use 'devfs=mount' to make it, otherwise, I'll get 'Unable to open
> initial console' error. Here is my set-up to build uml:
>
> Host Kernel: 2.6.11.5
> Skas: skas-2.6.11-v8.2
> guest: uml-2.6.11-bs4
> uml utils: 20040406
> Distribution: Fedora Core 3
>
> Uml kernel is built with DEVFS_FS enabled.
>
> I'm using ska patched host kernel, uml kernel, root_fs, as shown above. I
> followed the root_fs notes as posted.  But
> uml host won't boot WITHOUT adding 'devfs=mount'. I don't understand why.
> According to uml Documentation, DEVFS_FS is OBSELETE already. Can someone
> advise it? Thanks very much!

DevFS has disappeared starting from 2.6.13/14 IIRC.

The problem is the root_fs. You must update its content to use non-DevFS names 
in /etc/inittab and /etc/fstab, possibly /etc/securetty (or such) and you 
must create ubd nodes in /dev (normal names are /dev/ubda - /dev/ubdh).
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