AW: 3.0r2 on Alphaserver 1000A 4/266, Warning: unable to open an init ial console.

["Ickstadt, Frank" <Frank.Ickstadt@igmetall.de>]

Hi Joerg,

> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:55:07PM +0100, Ickstadt, Frank wrote:
> > 
> > I've connected a VT100 terminal to the system and booted 
> out of SRM with:
> > 
> > >>>boot dka0 -fi vmlinuz -fl "ro root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0"
> > 
> > I've got the same error message described above. Is there a 
> known problem
> > about using woody with 1000A ?
> 
> I've installed woody on an 1000A 5/333 without any problems.

Well, now woody runs fine on 1000A 4/266. The problem was that I used a
separate partition for /dev and because just / is mounted during the first
step the kernel is unable to find /dev. Now /dev resides in the same
partition as / and all problem are gone.

regards,

Frank


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