On 07 Aug 2001 12:57:08 -0400, Jonathan Dill wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm having problems with systems upgraded from kernel-2.4.2-SGI_XFS_1.0
> to kernel-2.4.3-SGI_XFS_1.0.1 that when I try to boot the new kernel,
> boot fails with the message, "unable to open initial console." I can
> still boot into the 2.4.2 kernel with no problems. I thought maybe the
> problem was due to devfs, because I think the devfs kernel message does
> not appear, but adding devfs=mount or devfs=nomount did not help.
Hm, perhaps this is devfs-related...
devfs is completely gone from the 1.0.1 kernel, so "devfs=mount" won't
do anything for you.
Perhaps something about your on-disk /dev is wrong... If there's a way
to re-install the dev RPM (or verify it) that might fix the problem.
Can you boot 2.4.2 with "devfs=nomount"?
-Eric
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Eric Sandeen XFS for Linux http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
sandeen@xxxxxxx SGI, Inc.
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