Re: Unable to open an intial console

[Sébastien Bernard <seb@frankengul.org>]

Dr. Zimmermann a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> For my Ultra5 I'm using a self-compiled kernel 2.6.12(.4)
>
> Trying to update to any version later than 2.6.13-rc3-git4 leads
> to the above message (and fails) on bootup.
>
> I've tracked the problem so far that this appears when the kernel
> cannot find graphic and text console (/dev/tty1 && /dev/ttyS0).
> Since it worked up to 2.6.12.x, I'd be interested in some hints what
> could've caused this problem and how to avoid it. (The kernel has
> the drivers for disk access compiled-in and does not use an initial
> ramdisk).
>
> THNX, Roger

You used devfs didn't you ?
Since 2.6.13, devfs is history.
You need to repopulate the /dev/ with common entries.
Mine was completely empty (devfs installation)
Try to :
1- mount / to another place (like /tmp/root)
2- run MAKEDEV inside /tmp/root/dev (which is no more shadowed by any 
mounted fs)
3- install udev
4- build a initrd with yaird if you use lvm rootfs.
5- reboot

   Seb