[distribution-discuss] MilaX HD install

[Bernd Schemmer]

Hi,

 >>  Not necessary. After installation a file called /reconfigure should
 >>  be created on the harddisk root so that upon reboot the
 >>  system/device/local service will do this cleaning up automatically.

The service does only the devfsadm call to create device nodes for new 
devices - it does not call devfsadm -C to delete the device nodes for 
not existing devices.

IMHO Solaris never deletes device nodes on it's own.

regards

Bernd

Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>> Hi again,
>>
>>
>> Tests with Milax 0.3
>>
>> IBM Thinkpad T40 (Intel 32 BIt CPU)
>>
>> - boot from CDROM works
>> - boot from harddisk: not tested (no free space on the internal disk)
>>
>> Packard Bell (AMD 32-Bit CPU)
>>
>> - boot from CDROM works
>> - boot from harddisk works
>>
>>
>> There's a new version of the Solaris Tools CD - maybe there are tools 
>> that are useful for Milax:
>>
>> http://blogs.sun.com/partnertech/entry/solaris_performance_primer_introduction 
>>
>>
>> ( I did not check the CDROM yet)
>>
>>
>> After the frst reboot from the harddisk the device tree should be 
>> cleaned up in a one-time init script, somethink like:
>>
>> cat /etc/rcS.d/S00cleanup_device_tree
>> #!/sbin/sh
>> #
>>
>> echo "Cleanup device tree ..."
>> devfsadm -C
>> devfsadm
>> rm $0
>>   
>
>   Not necessary. After installation a file called /reconfigure should
>   be created on the harddisk root so that upon reboot the
>   system/device/local service will do this cleaning up automatically.
>
> Regards,
> Moinak.
>
>> regards
>>
>> Bernd
>>
>>
>> eremin wrote:
>>  
>>> On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 12:23 +0200, Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>>>      
>>>> Re: MilaX HD install
>>>>           
>>> Yes, about libhal I have forgotten ;)
>>> Valuable remarks - we shall work!
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>
>>
>>   
>


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