Changeset 7e602eab for chapter06/makedev-inst.xml

Timestamp:

09/27/2003 03:38:15 AM (21 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

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Message:

Chapter 6 - Clarify remaining PTY issues.

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• chapter06/makedev-inst.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/makedev-inst.xml

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 information.</para>
 
-<para>Also, if earlier in Chapter 6 you were unable to mount the devpts
-filesystem because your host uses devfs, we will now mount that devfs
-system over top of this new static /dev structure.  This poses no problems,
-as the device nodes created are still present, they are just hidden by the
-new devfs filesystem.  Run the following command to mount devfs, if necessary:
-</para>
+<para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in
+the "Mounting the proc and devpts file systems" section, now is the time to
+try the alternatives. If your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the
+following command to mount devfs:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>mount -t devfs devfs /dev</userinput></screen></para>
 
+<para>This will mount the devfs file system over the top of the new static
+<filename>/dev</filename> structure. This poses no problems, as the device nodes
+created are still present, they are just hidden by the new devfs
+filesystem.</para>
+
+<para>If this still doesn't work, the only option left is to use the MAKEDEV
+script to create the ptyXX and ttyXX range of files that would otherwise not be
+needed. Ensure you are still in the <filename>/dev</filename> directory then run
+<userinput>./MAKEDEV -v pty</userinput>. The downside of this is, we are
+creating an extra 512 device special files which will not be needed when we
+finally boot into the finished LFS system.</para>
+
 </sect2>