Re: sarge: 2.6.14 kernel panics on boot

[Alex Teclo <alexteclo@gmail.com>]

>> Here is the entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst on machine A:
>> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14
>> root           (hd0,4)
>> kernel        /vmlinuz-2.6.14 root=/dev/ataraid/d0p7 ro
>> initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.14
>> savedefault
>> boot
>>
>> But, when I boot machine A with this 2.6.14 kernel, I get:
>>
>> RAMDISK: cramfs filesystem found at block 0
>> RAMDISK: Loading 2144 KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done
>> mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
>> umount: devfs: not mounted
>> mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
>> umount: devfs: not mounted
>> pivot_root: No such file or directory
>> /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>>
>You need to create the /dev/console file. Use a rescue disk and run:
>mknod -m 660 /dev/console c 5 1
>
>When you reboot, i would install udev to create your device nodes.

Thanks for the hint, but I can boot the machine with a 2.4.x kernel,
and /dev/console is there:

ls -l /dev/console
crw-------  1 root tty 5, 1 Nov  6 15:37 /dev/console

Thank you,
Alex