On Aug 11, 10:02am, gwr@mc.com ("Gordon W. Ross") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: read only /

| > Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 18:47:21 GMT
| > From: christos@nyc.deshaw.com (Christos Zoulas)
| 
| > Edit init.c and remove the check for msdosfs; make && make install
| > Make sure you have a good /dev/MAKEDEV script.
| > Remove /dev/console and reboot.
| > init will mount an mfs over /dev and run the MAKEDEV script for you.
| > 
| > christos
| 
| Perhaps the test in init should not be "if root is msdosfs" but
| something more general-purpose, like "if /dev/console does not exist"
| (for example), or even "if /etc/MAKEDEV exists" or whatever.

I had it this way before and Jason asked me to add the msdosfs check.

christos