Gaspar Bakos wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am experimenting with the pristine 2.6.15.6 kernel on an AMD dual
>core CPU machine under FC3. The boot seems fine till i get to the
>point:
>
>Freeing unused memory ...
>"Warning: unable to open initial console".
>
>This is the last message, and then nothing ever happens. Maybe this
>message has nothing to do with the real error, but that is the last
>information I can grab.
>
>Everything works fine with previous kernel 2.6.13.4, except for
>occasional crashes under high load, which is the reason for the attempt
>to upgrade. I borrowed the old .config file from 2.6.13.4, and did
>"make oldconfig", so most of the settings must have remained the same.
>Then I also did a "make xconfig" just to have a better overview of what
>new options have appeared. The kernel compiled seemingly without any problems.
>
>By the way, when the old 2.6.13.4 kernel is booted up, there is no such
>warning about the console, and after the "Freeing unused memory" the
>next lines are:
>
>"Red HAT nash version 4.2.15 starting"
>...
>
>So maybe the problem is somewhere here.
Hi,
have you been googling? Initrd? Old udev? What about /dev/console before udev
starts?
regards,
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