Re: 2.3.99-3 mounting proc on /dev???

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2000 - 16:52:35 EST


In article <20000413191312.F6435@erm1.u-strasbg.fr> of
linux.dev.kernel, you write:
> hello,
>
> i have one machine that i passed to the new kernel that can't boot anymore
> since all seem to indicate that the proc is mounted on /dev hiding thus all
> devices and making the boot procedure impossible....
>
> is this something known, and is there any counter-mesure to it?
>

Boot with "devfs=nomount" or don't compile devfs into your kernel.

     -hpa

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