cannot finddevconsole error 432 1078

On 05-04-06 13:46, Trixx

Try mounting the initrd image somewhere else like

$ sudo mkdir -p $HOME-tmp-initrd $ sudo mount -o loopboot-initrd.img-2.6.x.y $HOME-tmp-initrd $ cd $HOME-tmp-initrd

Now check if the dev-console and dev-null nodes entries exist e.g.

$ ls -l dev-console $ ls -l dev-null

If not, to create these:

$ sudo mkdir -p dev $ sudo mknod dev-console c 5 1 $ sudo mknod dev-null c 3 1

Thedev contains node entries for kernel supported devices, not the files.

You can create such device points any where in a live filesystem, but thedev is preferred as a standard location: Try running

$ sudo mknod $HOME-tmp-null c 3 1

You may remove it, with rm command:

$ sudo rm $HOME-tmp-null

That's good, the devfs is already compiled into your new kernel image, I think it should createdev-console,dev-null etc. on the fly automagically in a ramdisk. Can't say what's wrong with your initrd-tools.

Is there a possibility to know what your exact kernel and initrd-tools version are?

FYI, I have discarded devfs since I switched over to Linux kernel version 2.6.x.y (I currently am running 2.6.16.12, and update the same mostly in the first week directly from stable git repositories).

You're welcome!

-- Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192