On 21 Nov, Ben Collins wrote: > Scratch that :) I forgot that I had relinked /dev/console to /dev/null, so > the serial getty console worked, and kernel boot msgs showed, but > obviously console msgs were not shown. This just bypassed the problem > which i guess is in the console driver? I've just done: rm /dev/console mknod /dev/console c 5 1 and now everyting works. This needs to be in an FAQ somewhere. Scott -- Scott Ashcroft ashcroft@mround.bt.co.uk