On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 09:54:46AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * James Dingwall ([email protected]) wrote:
> > Using vanilla 2.6.11.8 I get a "Cannot open initial console" on boot,
> > 2.6.11.7 was fine. I have removed the patches to fs/partitions/msdos.c and
> > this has fixed my problem. I've read the discussion on this patch but it
> > doesn't indicate that this problem may occur so there is no suggested
> > solution. I have attached my .config and my partition layout is below
The solution is to change the type of your /dev/hda[59] to something nonzero.
> > # fdisk -l /dev/hda
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 * 1 1797 14434371 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda2 1798 3649 14876190 5 Extended
> > /dev/hda5 1798 1860 506016 0 Empty
> > /dev/hda6 1861 1892 257008+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda7 1893 1924 257008+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda8 1925 2049 1004031 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> > /dev/hda9 2050 2112 506016 0 Empty
> > /dev/hda10 2113 2611 4008186 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda11 2612 2861 2008093+ 83 Linux
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