Re: [User-mode-linux-devel] New root_fs; problems with Toms Root/boot (libc5)

[Jeff D. <jd...@ka...>]

wst...@po... said:
> 	I get the impression I didn't add those devices correctly; I added /
> dev/udbX instead of /dev/ubd/X.  Which is correct? 

The convention would be /dev/udbX in a non-devfs environment, but it's 
arbitrary, since you're going to have to stick those names in fstab (which is 
about the only thing that cares), and mount will use whatever names you give 
it.

> 	I'll lay odds that was it.  I take it this is a global fix that
> needed to be made, rather than some custom fix for Toms?

Yeah.  It was stupid, and I thought I had checked all of the entry points to 
make sure they were right.

> It actually does create /etc/passwd when the system boots.  From /fl/
> rc.custom.gz:

Then why didn't it?

> As a side note, what would you think of splitting the kernel from the
> root_fs instead of making them a unified package?  That would save you
> the effort of rebuilding the unified package each time a new kernel
> comes out.  On the other hand, it means an extra step for the users.
> 6 of one, half dozen of the other...

I do that as a convenience.  It occupies an interesting (NOT) hour or so of my 
time fiddling with the sourceforge webby interface.  So, it's not all that big 
a deal.

				Jeff