Re: "Unable to open an initial console" error

[Jens Ritter <jens@weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Daniel Mashao <daniel@comgate.ee.uct.ac.za> writes:

> I am trying to transplant a Debian Linux disk to another formerly Debian
> machine. Actually it is from a dual pentium to a single pentium machine. I
> have been experiencing a lot of crashes with the dual pentium machine so I
> now decided it is time I moved to a single pentium machine. The kernel
> loads but stops with the above error. Any help?

Make sure /dev is the same on both machines.

The kernel cannot find /dev/tty* or /dev/console (where to display
messages).

HTH,

Jens

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