[Scratchbox-users] scratchbox FC6 bug?

[Jeff G]

On 2/6/07, Jussi Hakala <jussi.hakala at movial.fi> wrote:
> Did you run
>
> # /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl start
>
> after reboot?
>
> The bindmounts are not active until Scratchbox is started. Could it be
> that the corruption of your system was due that you were trying to
> remove an active Scratchbox installation?
>
> Regards,
>
>    Jussi
>
> Jeff G wrote:
> > I *think* a bug in fc5  together with scratchbox may have been the
> > cause of destroying my fc5 system, so I finally installed fc6 and the
> > latest(?) scratchbox releases.
> >
> > it turns out that somewhere along the way a populated "dev" directory
> > is created under /scratchbox/users/jeff, and everything works fine
> > UNTIL I shutdown/reboot my fc6 system.  After a reboot, the dev
> > directory is empty, causing sbox_login to fail.
> >
> > I wonder if the dev stuff (along with chroot) was causing my FC5
> > system to croak (read - irreparably messed up the file system)
> >
> > It seems that FC6, at least, rebuilds the real /dev directory upon
> > reboot, and perhaps deletes ALL device files wherever they are.
> >
> > Any suggestions for how to easily continue working after a reboot?
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Wow!  Thanks, I didn't see that command in the maemo quick start tutorial.

Not sure what you meant by "active" installation, though.  If that
means "mounts" active, I would think the kernel should not mess up the
file system even so.

Regardless, I really appreciate the help.

Thanks,

Jeff