Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751379AbWBWFbs (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:31:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751387AbWBWFbr (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:31:47 -0500 Received: from b3162.static.pacific.net.au ([203.143.238.98]:23704 "EHLO cust8446.nsw01.dataco.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751379AbWBWFbr (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:31:47 -0500 From: Nigel Cunningham Organization: Cyclades Corporation To: "Matheus Izvekov" Subject: Re: cannot open initial console Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:28:48 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <305c16960602221818h69de46cfpa06027b44c2e07e8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <305c16960602221818h69de46cfpa06027b44c2e07e8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4416612.dGd9sgoSyq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200602231528.52605.ncunningham@cyclades.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1613 Lines: 50 --nextPart4416612.dGd9sgoSyq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 you're using. If you're not using one, my second guess would be that=20 something did a nasty and deleted the node on you. Only a guess, mind you. Regards, Nigel > Thanks all in advance. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --nextPart4416612.dGd9sgoSyq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBD/UgUN0y+n1M3mo0RAmp5AKDO61irxZI8lA+gCtTo09hqgHwPIgCg5A1V Kumcwgl5WiX9ORDZKCXhMqY= =Zv4H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4416612.dGd9sgoSyq-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/