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Re: required DEVs...
On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Ira Abramov wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Ze'ev Maor wrote:
>
> >
> > What are the REALLY essential devices I should have on a root fs floppy
> > (assuming I want to save space), i.e. fd0,hda, a couple of ttys etc...
> > (I'll need support for plip as well)...
>
> ha! save space :-)))
>
> devices plug into the kernel, they don't take up space...
But files in /dev _do_ take up space. Try to make an fs on a floppy,
create directories called, say, /dev, /dev1, /dev2 etc., and perform "cp
-dpR /dev /mnt/dev" on them.
With respect (& Gmar Hatima Tova, although I'm late),
Vadik.
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