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SubjectRe: console error
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 12:11:28PM +0100, Josef Höök wrote:
> what is wrong when i get
> warning: unable open an initial console


from init/main.c:

if (open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
printk("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");

(void) dup(0);
(void) dup(0);

Kernel can't open /dev/console. Probably you tried to mount a file system
for root which is not (for example your ext2 partition holding the /usr
file system), and it does not contain the "/dev/console" device.


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