disabling devfs

[iconnor]

I don't personally like devfs, and would like to disable it on my server. I would like to know if the /dev is populated? Are there any other considerations to take into account before I boot a non-devfs kernel?

[knightfoo]

I believe /dev is populated on all of the Debian kickstarts. I did some kernel upgrades today and it worked fine with a non-devfs kernel. You should try changing "devfs=mount" to "devfs=nomount" on the current kernel and rebooting to make sure it works before attempting it with a new kernel. Devfs is used by default because it makes the installation environment more sane and predictable. However, in light of the fact that devfs is no longer maintained and is considered deprecated (I love that word) in the 2.6.x kernels, it will probably go away permanently in the near future.

-knightfoo

[iconnor]

that's what I thought. Doesn't work though. Or maybe there's something else wrong. I'm sure support is getting tired of fixing my machine by now.