Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269433AbUJLAcT (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:32:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269419AbUJLAZZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:25:25 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:24538 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269404AbUJLATj (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:19:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:19:01 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "J.A. Magallon" Cc: Lista Mdk-Cooker , Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: udev: what's up with old /dev ? Message-ID: <20041012001901.GA23831@kroah.com> References: <1097446129l.5815l.0l@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1097446129l.5815l.0l@werewolf.able.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 18 On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 10:08:49PM +0000, J.A. Magallon wrote: > Hi all... > > I have just remembered that udev mounts /dev as a tmpfs filesystem, _on top_ > of the old /dev directory. Well, that's the way _your_ distro does it. Mine has an empty /dev on the root filesystem, and the init scripts create a ramfs on top of /dev at boot time, which udev fills up. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/