Ubuntu-6.10: Unknown file system 'devfs'

[Collins Richey]

On 11/2/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> >> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> >>> I built kernel 2.6.18.1 using config-2.6.17-generic. I forgot what I
> >>> have disabled, but when the new kernel booted, it reported an error
> >>> regarding devfs. Which kernel option is it referring to?
> >>
> >> Hard to say since you didn't post the error.
> >
> > The init complained about something like "unknown filesystem type devfs
> > ...". I don't want to reboot the server again.
>
> Clearly it expects you to have devfs support, which was removed a few
> kernel versions ago.
>

Yes, something is clearly perverted, ancient, screwed up if you need
devfs for anything; Ubuntu doesn't use it. I would add, unless you
have very strange hardware, I see no need to build a kernel on Ubuntu
(or RH for that matter). The kernel they supply is quite adequate for
99% of users.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.