Hubert Mantel wrote:
Hi,

On Sun, Dec 27, millerd wrote:

> I have attempted to recompile my kernel suse5.3 to add networking
> The recompile worked without problems, I used the instructions in the
> Linux network book by Butzen and Hilton.
> However when I went to restart the kernel the startup ran for a few
> lines and then said it could not start a console.
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This surely is not the verbatim message.

There are many possible problems: Do you hava a SCSI system and forgot to
compile the SCSI driver in. Maybe you forgot the needed filesystem(s).
Many other possibilites.

In order to be able to help you we need to know:

- description of the hardware  Is this processor and detailed m/b description?
- the exakt error message (not some interpretation) ' UNABLE TO OPEN AN INITIAL CONSOLE"
- the config of the kernel  Can you tell me how to make a copy of the kernel suitable to send to you.  The compiles file is 498+k.

> System is a 133Mhz intel pentium and a houston board.
>
> Any help on how to determine what I did wrong and correct this would be
> appreciated.

  I did notice that the outoprobes on pg0 and pda failed.

pg: No ATAPI deviise found
pda: no valid drive found

Not enough input

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