Re: cannot open initial console

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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

> Thanks all in advance.
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