Re: [Xen-devel] Newbie problem 2 - 'Warning: unable to open an initial console'

[Steven Hand <Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have got Xen/XenLinux 2.0.3 on Fedora Core 3 booting as far as:
> 
> ...
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 320k freed
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> 
> at which point it hangs.

This is a FAQ - 

  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/faq.html#a5.2

Basically FC3 uses udev which means you need an initrd - this 
is an FC3 issue, not a Xen one. 


cheers,

S.
 


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