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rdavl
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 Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject: Kernel panic: WARNING: Unable to open an initial console |
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I have to same machines, compiled the same kernel with the same configuration.
One is booting ok and another one is panicking with:
WARNING: Unable to open an initial console
i have tried the recommended solution i found in gentoo udev guide, that is creating /dev/console and /dev/null my self, but it doesn't seem to work.
I use udev, and it is all done by following the gentoo udev guide.
Now what i don't get is this, software installed on those machines doen't have anthing to do with /dev/console ( like apache and stuff ) as all this is started after the kernel has finished booting ( simply put )
Please help... it is sunday and i don't wan't to be stuck here whole day....
And yes i have learnd the lesson, don't fix it if ti is not broken...
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widan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Kernel panic: WARNING: Unable to open an initial console |
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| rdavl wrote: | One is booting ok and another one is panicking with:
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That's not the panic. This is only a warning message because you don't have /dev/console. If there is a panic, the message is just below that. I will assume you're getting a "unable to find init" panic (because usually that's the one that goes together with the console problem). If that's the case, it means you didn't specify the root filesystem correctly in grub.conf (check you didn't mistakenly specify the boot device instead of the root device - it's the most common error that results in this problem). |
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rdavl
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yes it is just a example of how maddness can confuse you....
It is as you have said, i have copied lilo.conf and didn't chage root device... SO i admit i am an idiot....
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