Re: `unable to open console' afteinstall on Dell Optiplex GX1
I couldn't install slink at all on my Optiplex DGX. The machine locked
completely during the ramdisk image load. I bootstrapped the CD installer
from a DOS boot disk. Maybe the Potato boot floppies would work better for
you?
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install slink on Dell Optiplex GX1. Strangely,
> during initial installation I was not able to install LILO or
> even a kernel on a floppy, getting failure messages for each.
> I created a boot floppy and unpacking resc1440.bin unto another
> floppy, copying `linux' (the kernel) to disk and then dd'ing it
> to the floppy again. Lastly, I rdev'ed the floppy to set the
> root partition as /dev/hdb2. This floopy boots okay until the
> end where I get the error `unable to open console' and then it
> hangs there.
>
> Any hints? Booting the rescue CD again, I see that /dev/console
> does exist on /dev/hdb2 (my initial guess).
>
> Thanks,
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