Help! - DEC Alpha install

[Shawn <rboles@vt.edu>]

Hello-

Thanks first of all for not being daunted by the subject.

I am installing Debian on an Alphastation 255 and am
having problems getting Debian to boot from MILO.
The error messages of interest are as follows:

Warning: Unable to open initial console /dev/console
Kernel Panic: cannot open initial console /dev/console

And then she sinks.

The boot command I have been using is as follows:
MILO> boot fd0:linux root=/dev/fd0 panic=30

The root FS is succesfully mounted before the panic
and it appears that the hardware has been successfully
detected.  Have I overlooked a minute detail?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
shawn