How do I get /dev entries onto a livecd image?
 

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 09:43 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
> > Sorry. Wrong there. I meant I want /dev/watchdog inside the loop, in the
> > squashfs image.
> > Does that change the answer?
>
> No, it doesn't. The only reason it works on your normal install is because a
> tmpfs is already mounted on /dev and udev is managing it. In the case of a
> LiveCD, it doesn't matter what you put in /dev in the squashfs, since it gets
> "hidden" when the tmpfs is mounted over it at boottime.

If you want the udev rule inside the squashfs, use livecd/root_overlay,
instead.

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Chris Gianelloni
Developer
wolf31o2.org

How do I get /dev entries onto a livecd image?
 

Resolved.
Was unrelated to catalyst/udev. My kernel config was missing enabling of
the hardware watchdog timer specific to my machine. I didn't suspect it
because when I looked into catalyst's tmp/ folder I saw the device entry
exists.
Once the kernel was set-up correctly, there was no need for any further
udev configuration.

Thanks!
Amit

Chris Gianelloni wrote:

On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 09:43 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote:


Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:

Sorry. Wrong there. I meant I want /dev/watchdog inside the loop, in the
squashfs image.

Does that change the answer?

No, it doesn't. The only reason it works on your normal install is because a
tmpfs is already mounted on /dev and udev is managing it. In the case of a
LiveCD, it doesn't matter what you put in /dev in the squashfs, since it gets
"hidden" when the tmpfs is mounted over it at boottime.



If you want the udev rule inside the squashfs, use livecd/root_overlay,
instead.