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diff --git a/doc/mdevd.html b/doc/mdevd.html index f5ae5ee..55d1456 100644 --- a/doc/mdevd.html +++ b/doc/mdevd.html @@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ nothing else. <ul> <li> The <tt>examples/</tt> subdirectory of the mdevd package contains -examples on how to run mdevd under various init systems / supervisors. </li> +examples on how to run mdevd under various init systems / supervisors. These +examples do not show how to run mdevd as a logged service, because mdevd +should normally be run early in the system's boot up sequence, before +mounting the disks - so the presence of a mounted partition suitable for +logging is not guaranteed. In normal use, mdevd is quite terse, so it +runs smoothly without a dedicated logger, with its error messages +going to the catch-all logger. </li> </ul> </body> |