After following the Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide and using the genkernel option with gentoo sources, you get the the message "/sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory" on first boot. The installation guide should note that genkernel should be used with the --udev option and then udev should be appended to lilo or grub config files. With the 2.6 series kernel, even emerging the devfsd package does not completely fix the problem. Instead of typing command "genkernel all" the user should type "genkernel --udev all" and then add udev to append line in lilo or grub config. The Gentoo Complete X86 install guide describes how to do this correctly. I suggest just updating the Quick install documentation from these parts in the full docs. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.Follow Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide exactly, use genkernel and lilo 2. 3. Actual Results: /sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory Expected Results: Either worked properly with udev or worked after emerging devfsd - neither worked. If you are having this bug you wont be able to properly create device files in the /dev directory on the fly. For example I did not get a video0 or radio0 entry in the /dev directory after modprobing the bttv driver. Once I corrected this problem everything worked correctly.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 87635 ***
SpanKY, I'm not sure if this is really a dupe - we're talking about gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml, *not* handbook...
Yup, different bug
Fixed in CVS.
