--- rc.orig	2003-08-01 11:06:42.000000000 -0500
+++ rc	2003-08-01 11:21:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@
 	if [ "${devfs}" = "yes" -a -e "/dev/.devfsd" -a \
 	     "${mymounts}" = "yes" ]
 	then
-		ebegin "Starting devfsd"
-		/sbin/devfsd /dev > /dev/null
-		eend $?
+		if [ "${RC_DEVFSD_STARTUP}" != "no" ]; then
+			ebegin "Starting devfsd"
+			/sbin/devfsd /dev > /dev/null
+			eend $?
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	# Mount either a ramdisk or tmpfs if requested.
@@ -539,8 +541,10 @@
 # from runlevel 'single')
 if [ -z "`ps --no-heading -C 'devfsd'`" -a \
      -n "`gawk '/\/dev devfs/ { print }' /proc/mounts 2> /dev/null`" ]
-then
-	/sbin/devfsd /dev &> /dev/null
+then	
+	if [ "${RC_DEVFSD_STARTUP}" != "no" ]; then
+		/sbin/devfsd /dev &> /dev/null
+	fi
 fi
 
 # Runlevel end, so clear stale fail list