Re: Boot failure, 2.6.10-rc2

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> How, after all, did you run into this error? Directly after upgrading (if
>> applicable)?
>No, [...] but I prefer to run my own custom kernels.
(So the post here is justified)

>Thanks for your reply though.  Your question as to whether /dev/console
>exists at boot time is making me question whether /dev/console exists at
>boot time.

You could find out by taking a live distro and checking. That's because I
suspect your old kernel, which probably still works, to contain ~~ something
magical ~~ that /dev/console is created at the right time.
devfs probably?


Jan Engelhardt
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