udev initial devices (was Re: buildroot kernel)

Nathanael D. Noblet nathanael at gnat.ca
Tue Feb 28 01:48:40 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 16:50 -0800, Tha D0od wrote:
> I've gotten away with just making console and null.  I've tried just making 
> console, but I guess udev needs null initally to make the rest of the 
> devices.
> 
> >You also get this error if you're using udev and haven't created an
> >initial /dev/ populated with a few of the devices you need. one of which
> >is the console. You have to place required devices in /dev for when it
> >is booting up, once udev is up and running it'll create the rest of them
> >for you. I had to make console, tty1, tty2, null, pts (dir).
> >
Yeah, I initially was okay with those few, however for me a few apps
needed the others I created. Don't remember which those where or why...I
do remember ssh giving me grief until pts was figured out...

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