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To: Mirko.Klemm@t-online.de (Mirko Klemm)
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Subject: Re: request advice: how stable is devfs in 2.4.0-test9? 
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:51:30 -0500
From: Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com>
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Mirko.Klemm@t-online.de said:
> I am currently using 2.4.0-test* as an "ordinary user" and want to try
> some  of the 2.4 specific new features out, but this is my only system
> and I don't  want it to be messed up so much, so I'd like to hear some
> comments first.

This is one of the things that user-mode Linux (http://user-mode-linux.sourcefo
rge.net) is for.  I've been shipping kernels with devfs since devfs made it 
into the mainline pool.

With UML, you can boot up a virtual machine, and play with devfs all you want 
without any chance of messing up the host.

				Jeff


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