custom kernel "unable to open initial console"

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 14.11.2004 schrieb Mitch Wiedemann um 5:04:

> I've downloaded the 2.6.9 source from kernel.org, but after configuring, 
> compiling, and installing, I can't boot it.  I get this message: 
> "Warning: unable to open initial console"  and then the boot process stops.
> 
> Google searching seems to imply some link between this problem and the 
> switch from devfs to udev.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?  Or better yet, found a solution to 
> allow me to boot my custom kernel?

You compiled in initial ramdisk support into your kernel and created an
initrd image file?

Alexander


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