From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Helmut Hullen" Subject: Re: INSTALL hint: create device btrfs-control Date: 04 Aug 2011 20:35:00 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20110804173548.GA8970@carfax.org.uk> Reply-To: helmut@hullen.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110804173548.GA8970@carfax.org.uk> List-ID: Hallo, Hugo, Du meintest am 04.08.11: >> you should please add a hint in >> >> .../git/mason/btrfs-progs-unstable.git >> >> in the file "INSTALL" with at least the contents (please excuse my >> gerlish) >> >> "btrfs" needs the device "btrfs-control". Perhaps you have to create >> it: >> >> mknod /dev/btrfs-control c 10 234 > This should probably go in the problems FAQ [1] on the wiki > instead, since (a) it's really a problem with your distribution, and > (b) probably quite rare now that the majority of people are running > distributions with udev. Sorry - it's no problem of my distribution; slackware uses udev. But I run/maintain a very special system, without udev, with most modules integrated in the kernel etc. - it's for a special kind of servers, not for end user workstations. And I believe btrfs should run not only for "the majority of people" without problems but also for systems which aren't "main stream". > What are the symptoms of not having the device node? (i.e. how > would I diagnose this particular problem?) Please wait some hours (or days); I'll have to build a test system (I won't change my running systems ...). Viele Gruesse! Helmut