On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Mike Hicks wrote:

> "Chad C. Walstrom" <chewie at wookimus.net> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > 3) If not enabled by default in the kernel, add this line to your append
> >    in lilo or your kenrel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
> >
> >         devfs=mount
>
> So, does devfs hide all of the files that used to exist in /dev, or do you
> have to delete them first?
>
If you mount it on /dev, yes it does. The purpose of devfsd is
to manage the "classic" names as aliases for the devfs
devices.

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Daniel Taylor
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