Messages in this thread | | | From | Nigel Cunningham <> | Subject | Re: cannot open initial console | Date | Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:28:48 +1000 |
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Hi.
On Thursday 23 February 2006 12:18, Matheus Izvekov wrote: > Hi all > > When i tried kernel 2.6.15.4, i noticed i cant boot it, i get > "warning: cannot open initial console" then it reboots. I've searched > for it and found the breakage occurs from 2.6.15.1 to 2.6.15.2 > > Before i start to bisect to find the culpirit, and as there were few > changes, anyone has a good guess about what broke it?
My guess would be that /dev/console doesn't exist on an initrd/initramfs you're using. If you're not using one, my second guess would be that something did a nasty and deleted the node on you. Only a guess, mind you.
Regards,
Nigel
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