From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966043AbXDBWuI (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:50:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966050AbXDBWti (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:49:38 -0400 Received: from smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.207]:32379 "HELO smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S966002AbXDBWt1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:49:27 -0400 X-YMail-OSG: P4Ss2dAVM1lgPiouEoao7VJFXqi9xZh_0reH5OLlBStObUbrCrIY3q_nnaBmlD.H_2IX3IYKWQ-- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:49:23 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Tom Strader Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Warning: unable to open an initial console. Message-ID: <20070402224923.GA11208@tuatara.stupidest.org> References: <20070402190458.0EDD039005F@mail42-fra.bigfish.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070402190458.0EDD039005F@mail42-fra.bigfish.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:04:56PM -0700, Tom Strader wrote: > I have seen quite a few posts regarding unable to open an initial > console, but my system seems to have the necessary things in place > so I come looking for help. your rootfs/initramfs/initrd is missing a valid working /dev/console > VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem). check /dev/ on this filesystem