2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )

2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )

[Madnux]

Hello,


I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.

I get this message « mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -5 » 
and then « unable to open an initial console » What's this ? What does 
« err: -5 » mean ?

I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error message 
« unable to open an initial console »

Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs 
compiled in and it run very well for 7 months ;-)


What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the compilation ?


I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !


Thanks a lot to someone who can help me ;)



Hey ! Sorry for my poor english but i'm a native french speaker ;)

Re: 2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On Sep 22, 2004, at 22:57, Madnux wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.
>
> I get this message « mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: -5 
> » and then « unable to open an initial console » What's this ? What 
> does « err: -5 » mean ?
>
> I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error message 
> « unable to open an initial console »
>
> Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs 
> compiled in and it run very well for 7 months ;-)
>
>
> What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the 
> compilation ?
>
>
> I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !

I think you are running one of the latest udev snapshots from RawHide, 
and it erased some important device nodes from your "/dev" directory. I 
guess you'll need to run /sbin/makedev to recreate the missing devices 
files.

Re: 2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )

[Madnux]

Sorry but i'm not running udev !

I've run /sbin/MAKEDEV but it doesn't work anymore.

I still get "Unable to open an initial console"


I don't understand what's wrong ...




Felipe Alfaro Solana a écrit :

 > On Sep 22, 2004, at 22:57, Madnux wrote:
 >
 >> Hello,
 >>
 >>
 >> I have some problems with my kernel 2.6.7 and 2.6.8.1.
 >>
 >> I get this message « mount_devfs_fs(): unable to mount devfs, err: 
-5 » and then « unable to open an initial console » What's this ? What 
does « err: -5 » mean ?
 >>
 >> I tried with no devfs compiled in but i still have this error 
message « unable to open an initial console »
 >>
 >> Fortunatly, i had kept my old kernel ( 2.4.20 ) who have no devfs 
compiled in and it run very well for 7 months
 >>
 >>
 >> What's wrong with my system ?? Did i forget an option in the 
compilation ?
 >>
 >>
 >> I have looked everywhere about that problem until monday !
 >
 >
 >
 > I think you are running one of the latest udev snapshots from 
RawHide, and it erased some important device nodes from your "/dev" 
directory. I guess you'll need to run /sbin/makedev to recreate the 
missing devices files.

Re: 2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On Sep 23, 2004, at 23:02, Madnux wrote:

> Sorry but i'm not running udev !

That's the problem... FC3T2 is supposed to use udev.
>
> I've run /sbin/MAKEDEV but it doesn't work anymore.

How? What commands did you run?
>
> I still get "Unable to open an initial console"

Please, check if /dev/console exists. I guess this special chardev is 
missing.