Re: 2nd debian 1.2 upgrade problem: console hung
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In upgrading machine #2 (see earlier post on problems with machine #1) from debian 1.1 to 1.2, and rebooting. I got an error on reboot something about unable to initialize console and the machine hung. I thought it may have been a problem with my upgrade. Later I decided to wipe out the drive, repartition, and install a fresh minimum Debian 1.2 system. Now I can reboot the system fine from the hard drive (via loadlin on the DOS side), but when I reboot from a rescue disk (bootbable kernel disk), the system hangs as before failing to find the console. I don't have a clue how to fix this problem. You are probably booting the kernel with the wrong root file system. Normally the kernel would complain (cannot mount root file system) but probably there is another Linux file system (say /usr) on the partition the kernel tries to use as the root file system. So it will boot the kernel and then before starting /sbin/init the kernel will try to open /dev/tty0 as the console.. which fails. And then the kernel will print the message Unable to open an initial console. Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg| Sticky tape is like the Force - it has a | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | dark side, it has a light side, and it | | 8--8 | holds the universe together - Carl Zwanig | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2nd debian 1.2 upgrade problem: console hung
On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, James D. Freels wrote: In upgrading machine #2 (see earlier post on problems with machine #1) from debian 1.1 to 1.2, and rebooting. I got an error on reboot something about unable to initialize console and the machine hung. I thought it may have been a problem with my upgrade. Later I decided to wipe out the drive, repartition, and install a fresh minimum Debian 1.2 system. Now I can reboot the system fine from the hard drive (via loadlin on the DOS side), but when I reboot from a rescue disk (bootbable kernel disk), the system hangs as before failing to find the console. I don't have a clue how to fix this problem. Check the kernel on the rescue disk, using rdev, and make sure that the root device is correct. I have had this kind of error message from kernels trying to mount the wrong partition as root. Hope this helps, Dwarf -- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 If you don't see what you want, just ask -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2nd debian 1.2 upgrade problem: console hung
In upgrading machine #2 (see earlier post on problems with machine #1) from debian 1.1 to 1.2, and rebooting. I got an error on reboot something about unable to initialize console and the machine hung. I thought it may have been a problem with my upgrade. Later I decided to wipe out the drive, repartition, and install a fresh minimum Debian 1.2 system. Now I can reboot the system fine from the hard drive (via loadlin on the DOS side), but when I reboot from a rescue disk (bootbable kernel disk), the system hangs as before failing to find the console. I don't have a clue how to fix this problem. -- /--\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX:(423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \--/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
