> tar czf /dev.tgz -C /dev .
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram bs=1k count=32; sync
> mke2fs /dev/ram; sync
> mount -t ext2 /dev/ram /dev
Ugh????
here you do not have any /dev directory any more!!
You should mount /dev/ram somewhere else, untar your standard /dev on
it, unmount and remount in place. (I do _not_ _KNOW_ if this scheme
would work, but i know et least one reason why what you did didn't
work :) :) )
> tar xzf /dev.tgz -C /dev
>
> quickly causes a kernel panic. why?
> (it is very useful for readonly /.)
>
> thanks,
> --
> Joshua Spoerri
> spoerri@pobox.com
>
Hope it helps
Best Regards
Mauro