[Clfs-support] Missing /dev/null device after udev is started

[Hugo Villeneuve]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:50:24 -0500
Joe Ciccone <jciccone at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/26/2009 03:43 PM, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> > Hi,
> > When booting after chapter 8, I have the following error message,
> > just after udev has been started:
> >
> >     cannot open /dev/null
> >
> > It seems that null is missing in the udev static nodes located in
> > ${CLFS}/lib/udev/devices/null, so I have solved the problem by
> > creating a null device there:
> >
> >     mknod ${CLFS}/lib/udev/devices/null -m 0666 c 1 3
> >
> > Hugo V.
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> >   
> This happens when you do not install the bootscripts as or you dont
> install them as root. If you use an unprivileged user the makefile
> tells you as much that you have to create the null and console files.

I installed the bootscripts exactly as per the instructions.

Installing as root is not specified in the instructions, and you
should add a note of this directly in the instructions.

Hugo V.