unused dev entries a nuisance

icyfire · 12-10-2002, 05:12 AM

hey,

how do I remove all the unused dev entries in my /dev? its quite a pain to see if something is installed right if it looks like i have 99 billion partitions. i think i read somewhere there's a command to get rid of it. thanks,

icy

acid_kewpie · 12-10-2002, 05:14 AM

you don't. they don't take up any real space and removing them is never a good idea. you could always install something like devfs which would create dev entries as and when required, but you really shouldn't delete them.

icyfire · 12-10-2002, 05:28 AM

wow thanks for the fast response, acid. but i dont understand because i really dont need /dev/hdk27. is installation of devfs difficult?

im just trying to see what slack installed my hardware as. i used mandy 8.2 before, and it installed my cd drives as scd0 and 1. my burner isnt being read, and i dont know why. however, they exist, along with 2,3,4,5,and 6. hows that going to help me?

thanks,

icy

Aussie · 12-10-2002, 06:48 AM

Try sr0 and sr1.

NSKL · 12-10-2002, 09:39 AM

To enable DevFS you will need to recompile your kernel with DevFS support, and when you boot it up the clean organized entries should appear under /dev. But beware, you will need to make some symlinks so all the software can find your devices. For example i have USB mouse, that used to be symlinked to /dev/mouse, but with DevFS it was something like /dev/usb/inpu/mice/mouse0 and i had to symlink it to /dev/mouse or else X wouldn't start (or edit XF86Config to point to new mouse location)
HTH
-NSKL

icyfire · 12-13-2002, 02:48 AM

is recompiling necessary? can i just load it as a module?

icy

Excalibur · 12-13-2002, 07:45 PM

I just tried to enable devfs support as a module and it would not allow that option. Which makes sense, since the kernel detects the hardware and would need devfs support when it boots. Not later after a module is loaded.