From: Sheng S Lu
[mailto:shenglu@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:10
PM
To: Kamble, Nitin A
Cc: Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
Xin Zhao
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] xen
bootup problem: unable to open an initial console
I've also met the problem when I tried to boot up XEN
in 2.6.x. And because I'm using udev, the problem persisted even I created a
/dev/console in my old kernel.
Then,
I copied the initrd line from the original kernel, just modified the
"initrd" keyword to "module". It goes to work, and I have
not met any other problem because initrd image is only used while booting up.
Though
my kernel is 2.6.11.12, my initrd is still an old version. I do not sure my
solution is good, but it works. Please correct me if it is not a right way.
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"Kamble, Nitin A"
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RE: [Xen-devel] xen bootup problem: unable to
open an initial console
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One
solution to it is.
1. Run with FC3 kernel (not xen)
2. mount root again to /mnt
3. cp -ar /dev/* /mnt/*
4. now reboot into xen.
The issue is /dev/console device file is not
present, udev should create
it, if you are not using udev, you need to have
this file.
Thanks & Regards,
Nitin
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Senior Software Engineer
Intel Open Source Technology Center
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-devel-
>bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Xin
Zhao
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:56 PM
>To: Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-devel] xen bootup problem:
unable to open an initial
console
>
>I just migrated to fc3, and tried to install
xen-2.0.6. But when I
tried
>to boot up xen0, I got the error message
"unable to open an initial
>console" and the system hangs after that.
>
>I know this is a FAQ and already checked the
XenFaq 5.2
>
>But the solution put there only works for 2.6
kernel.
>
>I still need to use 2.4.30-xen0, which doesn't
work with initrd I can
get
>from the website and fc3. I guess that's
because those initrd files are
>just for 2.6. Question is how to get a usable
2.4 initrd? Is there any
way
>to get around this?
>
>Thanks in advance for advices1
>
>-x
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