Clarified wording about device creation

when mounting virtual filesystems

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Bruce Dubbs 2010-07-18 21:27:21 +00:00
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class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem>) on the <filename
class="directory">/dev</filename> directory, and allow the devices to be
created dynamically on that virtual filesystem as they are detected or
accessed. This is generally done during the boot process by Udev. Since
this new system does not yet have Udev and has not yet been booted, it is
necessary to mount and populate <filename
accessed. Device creation is generally done during the boot process
by Udev. Since this new system does not yet have Udev and has not yet
been booted, it is necessary to mount and populate <filename
class="directory">/dev</filename> manually. This is accomplished by bind
mounting the host system's <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
directory. A bind mount is a special type of mount that allows you to

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