Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754634AbWKMNcq (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:32:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754635AbWKMNcq (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:32:46 -0500 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:49851 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754634AbWKMNcp (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:32:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:32:43 +0100 From: Erik Mouw To: Ivan Ukhov Cc: Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev before the root filesystem is mounted Message-ID: <20061113133242.GA4019@harddisk-recovery.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 21 On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 03:15:26PM +0300, Ivan Ukhov wrote: > i dont use initrd. the kernel understands argument 'root=/dev/...', so > /dev should exist, mb not in a real filesystem, but just in ram or > something. i just want to know what devices are available for being > the root filesystem for the kernel (displaying all available devices > will be enough for me). /dev does not exist because there is no root filesystem mounted. Please read http://kernelnewbies.org/RootFileSystem . Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands - 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/