Re: updated powerpc debian-installer builds
* Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@soziologie.ch> [030923 14:12]:
> >I tried this one out on my iMac, but didn't get too far. The boot
> >stops right after finding and mounting the ramdisk image; it says
> >Warning: console cannot be opened.
> I sometimes noticed a similar error message "Unable to open initial
> console". I thought it was because the unix.o kernel module did not
> load. But I haven't seen it with the actual d-i build.
I got the "Unable to open initial console."-message each time I built
the root-fs with fakeroot (e.g. by building images) and then generating
the image in a new fakeroot (e.g. by chaning a file in the directory
and building a new image from it). In that case the reason was
obvious when looking from the right direction: mknod cannot create
the node for the initale console in the underlying filesystem so
the information is lost with fakeroot exiting.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Bernhard R. Link
--
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve
nor will he ever receive either. (Benjamin Franklin)
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