Re: 2.6.x ( unable to open an initial console & unable to mount devfs, err: -5 )
From: Felipe Alfaro Solana
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 16:09:29 EST
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.
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