about FC3 2.6.10 ..........

about FC3 2.6.10 ..........

[umesh chandak]

Hi,
             I have compiled a 2.6.10 on FC3.It
compiled successfully .But When i boot to this option
,it gives me warning 
        Warning: unable to open an initial console
I know this is due to something genromfs . I also read
about romfs in documentation .
In my .config file romfs type is y (built in ).

What should i do ?
                    Waiting for reply .
                    Thanks in advance .


		
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Re: about FC3 2.6.10 ..........

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:59:22 PDT, umesh chandak said:
> Hi,
>              I have compiled a 2.6.10 on FC3.It
> compiled successfully .But When i boot to this option
> ,it gives me warning 
>         Warning: unable to open an initial console
> I know this is due to something genromfs . I also read
> about romfs in documentation .

(Not a kernel question - next time, ask on one of the Fedora lists at redhat.com)

Getting FC3 to run on on a romfs based system will be a challenge.  In any
case, romfs has approximately zero to do with your problem.

What you've almost certainly done is forgotten to do a proper 'mkinitrd' -
FC3 and later need an initrd to get going in most cases.  (Specifically,
your initrd image needs to have a /dev/console entry in the /dev on the
initrd filesystem, and you don't have one).

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Re: about FC3 2.6.10 ..........

[Jiri Slaby]

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu napsal(a):

>On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:59:22 PDT, umesh chandak said:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>             I have compiled a 2.6.10 on FC3.It
>>compiled successfully .But When i boot to this option
>>,it gives me warning 
>>        Warning: unable to open an initial console
>>I know this is due to something genromfs . I also read
>>about romfs in documentation .
>>    
>>
>
>(Not a kernel question - next time, ask on one of the Fedora lists at redhat.com)
>
>Getting FC3 to run on on a romfs based system will be a challenge.  In any
>case, romfs has approximately zero to do with your problem.
>
>What you've almost certainly done is forgotten to do a proper 'mkinitrd' -
>FC3 and later need an initrd to get going in most cases.  (Specifically,
>your initrd image needs to have a /dev/console entry in the /dev on the
>  
>
Yes, but I really don't know how many times we should tell him this,
unless he understands it, grr.
[Your post is at least the third reply to this question :(].

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