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From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Jeff Coffin <jcoffin@sv.usweb.com>
Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Yet Closer
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 02:14:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990502021449.A3447@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3n1zouznd.fsf@chuck.sv.usweb.com>; from Jeff Coffin on Sat, May 01, 1999 at 04:40:54PM -0700

On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 04:40:54PM -0700, Jeff Coffin wrote:
> I think it's something else.  Here's what I get (this is from ralf's
> suggestion, didn't quite work for me) :
[..]
> Freeing prom memory: 0k freed
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 52k freed
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.

Your /dev/console points to major 4 and minor 0 (5,1 is the correct one).
Try the vmlinux-initrd kernel from the test directory. It should drop
you into a single user shell with a ram disk as root. You should be able
to mount your root, and fix what's necessary.

Thomas.

-- 
   This device has completely bogus header. Compaq scores again :-|
It's a host bridge, but it should be called ghost bridge instead ;^)
                                        [Martin `MJ' Mares on linux-kernel]

  reply	other threads:[~1999-05-02  0:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-05-01 23:40 Yet Closer Jeff Coffin
1999-05-02  0:14 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-05-02  4:10 Jeff Coffin
1999-05-01 19:39 Yet closer jcoffin
1999-05-01 21:52 ` Ralf Baechle
1999-05-02 10:24 ` Richard Hartensveld

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