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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:57 AM

I have just installed Gentoo Linux on my AMD Athlon 1800 machine.

When I did the first boot I got the message:

"The Gentoo Linux initialization scripts have detected that your kernel is
not compiled with DEVFS. Because Gentoo Linux has been designed to work
with DEVFS it is required that you compile support for it"

In the Gentoo documentation is is clearly stated that there should be a
choise:
[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)

But my problem is that this choice does not show up when I run make
menuconfig and look under file system support!

Has anyone experienced the same problem? If anyone knows the cure I would be
most greatful to know how to fix this.

Thansk /Phil

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:57 AM

Philip Nystromer enlightened us with:
>[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
>
> But my problem is that this choice does not show up when I run make
> menuconfig and look under file system support!

Make sure you've enabled experimental features.

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:57 AM

this is "hiding" in
File Systems -> Pseudo FileSystems

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:57 AM

Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> Philip Nystromer enlightened us with:
>>[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
>>
>> But my problem is that this choice does not show up when I run make
>> menuconfig and look under file system support!
>
> Make sure you've enabled experimental features.
>
> Sybren

Sybren, Thanks that helped ! /Ph

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 07:58 AM

Read the gentoo installation document, the first step to configure your
kernel is:

First of all, activate the use of development and experimental code/drivers.
You need
this, otherwise some very important code/drivers won't show up:

Code Listing 6: Selecting experimental code/drivers
Code maturity level options --->[*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers

Good luck.

"Philip Nystromer" <philip.nystromer@telia.com_no_spam> ????
news:7rAWc.1323$d5.10067@newsb.telia.net...
> I have just installed Gentoo Linux on my AMD Athlon 1800 machine.
>
> When I did the first boot I got the message:
>
> "The Gentoo Linux initialization scripts have detected that your kernel is
> not compiled with DEVFS. Because Gentoo Linux has been designed to work
> with DEVFS it is required that you compile support for it"
>
> In the Gentoo documentation is is clearly stated that there should be a
> choise:
>
>[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
>
> But my problem is that this choice does not show up when I run make
> menuconfig and look under file system support!
>
> Has anyone experienced the same problem? If anyone knows the cure I would
be
> most greatful to know how to fix this.
>
> Thansk /Phil

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