From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Walrond Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 22:07:49 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 048 release Message-Id: <200412092207.49139.andrew@walrond.org> List-Id: References: <20041208194618.GA28810@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20041208194618.GA28810@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 09 Dec 2004 21:56, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 21:47 +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 Dec 2004 19:46, Greg KH wrote: > > > Ok, version 048 has been released to fix the build errors for the > > > extras/ directory. It's available at > > > kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-048.tar.gz > > > > I've built a boot cd with linux-2.6.10-rc3, udev 048 and latest hotplug. > > > > When I boot a machine with my CD, udev doesn't create /dev/hda > > I can't fathom why. Any reasons why it wouldn't create it? > > It _has_ created /dev/hdc, (the cdrom drive) and all the other usual > > devices. > > > > /proc/ide shows hda->ide0/hda > > /proc/ide/ide0/hda/model = MAXTOR 6L040J2 > > > > This is a simple Asus P4PE m/b with intel ICH4 IDE. > > > > ( I know I can mknod, but since this is supposed to be a general purpose > > boot/toolkit CD, I'd like to make sure udev is working properly) > > > > Any clues? hda currently contains windows server and I'm rather eager to > > wipe it ;) > > Do you run udevstart at one of the first things after boot? > udev only creates a node if it gets a hotplug event, but that may not be > the case for your boot drive... I run start_udev right after mounting proc and sys. Note that the boot drive node gets created just fine (hdc, the cdrom) but hda, the harddrive, doesn't. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel