Re: UDB-Unable to open initial console...

[Arthur Shaffer <pp01138 ppp kcc edu>]

I just happened to get that same error today while loading and trying out
monkey (a small dos based form of Linux) It occurred because I had
mis-specified the root device in the batch file. My guess is that you are
loading the boot image with the wrong parameter for root. Check the options
being passed by the bootloader. It should be echoed in the first few lines of
the boot process.

Secret Asian Man wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've instaled RedHat without incident many times on this UDB, but when
> I tried to upgrade to 5.2, I get this error message every time after it
> loads the ramdisk:
>
> >>
> RAMDISK: Ext2 filesystem found at block 0
> RAMDISK: Loading 900 blocks into ram disk... done.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Unable to open an initial console.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> <<
>
> So that's the error message that's messing with me. It appears that RedHat
> has also updated the images on the 5.1 directory and they no longer work.
> Has anyone got any ideas?
>
> I've tried:
>
> MILO from ARC, MILO from SRM...I'm running out of options!
>
> Please help!
>
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