Kernel 2.6.8-2-686 panics

[Martin Smith <martin@rakupottery.org.uk>]

I have installed kernel 2.6.8-2 686 on a newly installed sarge machine, P4 on 
an Asus P5P800, on startup the kernel panics saying /dev/console not found, 
however /dev/console exists, how can this situation be rectified.
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martin