Re: linux crash
John R Lenton <john@grulic.org.ar> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:52:07PM -0500, Bradley James Reid wrote:
> > i've got a problem at boot.
> > my debian system crashes. it's using kernel 2.0.36.
> > the error follows the check of the hardware.
> > and the error is:
> > unable to open initial console
I had that when switching from devfs-kernel back to a non-devfs
kernel. 2.0.36? Dunno.
If you used to use devfs before, you need to turn it on again.
Otherwise, maybe your /dev/* is broken. Obviously, the /dev entry for
console is missing.
> You compiled your own kernel? you've probably broken it :)
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