2.6.15 -- unable to open an initial console

[Jim Cornette]

Gaspar Bakos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> RE: Patrick's email:
> 
>> Are you booting with an initrd?
>> If so there are instructions at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/
> 
> Indeed, I am booting with initrd.
> At the last step of the kernel compile:
> 
> make O=/myper/usr/src/build-2.6.15.6 modules_install install \
> 	> ../build-2.6.15.6/make_install.LOG.3 2>&1 &
> 
> This "make install" actually invokes
>   depmod -ae ...
> and also
>   [...]/linux-2.6.15.6/arch/x86_64/boot/install.sh
> 
> And this install.sh in turn invokes
>    /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --depmod --install $KERNEL_VERSION
> which runs
>    /sbin/mkinitrd --allow-missing -f /boot/initrd-2.6.15.6.img 2.6.15.6
> 
> So here we go, there is mkinitrd. I read the udev instructions, but
> still don't get the point. Isn't mkinitrd (-4.2.15-1) supposed to take
> care of all the udev business? In other words, which part of the
> instructions did you refer to?
> 
> Cheers,
> Gaspar
> 

By default, the terminal display is not selected for the 2.6 kernel. 
This feature for the 2.6 kernel bit me in the 2.5 kernel days.

  I forgot which option needs to be set to activate kernel messages from 
the kernel instead of sending them out a serial port. Have you checked 
that option.

Just an idea, I have not compiled and installed a kernel in a while.

Jim

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