2.6.8 Kernel Error Messages
Sarge can use a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. Its 2.6.8-2 kernel will produce
many devfs-related error messages in your system logs. If you see
these error messages, you can apply the patch below.
- aoe6-30-devfs.diff suggests this
command for installing the software for building kernel modules.
Minor Device Numbers
Support for minor device numbers greater than 255 seems to be
lacking in Ubuntu 5.04.
root@makki:~/aoe-2.6-11 # mknod /tmp/testdev b 152 256
root@makki:~/aoe-2.6-11 # ls -l !^
ls -l /tmp/testdev
brw-r--r-- 1 root root 153, 0 2005-08-11 15:55 /tmp/testdev
Please see the
EtherDrive 2.6 HOWTO's FAQ for more information on this issue.
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