Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 07:35:31AM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:07:16AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > No. I'm saying you (or whoever wrote userdevfs-dev.txt) was in error, > > and made /dev/console to be 4,0 instead of 5,1. > > Oh right, I understand. Yes, th

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:07:16AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > No. I'm saying you (or whoever wrote userdevfs-dev.txt) was in error, > and made /dev/console to be 4,0 instead of 5,1. Oh right, I understand. Yes, that was me (who else? ;). Who knows what I was thinking? Fortunately, you got th

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:18:27AM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V Ãt, 10. 08. 2004 v 11:07, Wouter Verhelst pÃÅe: > > Haven't really started on vmelilo-installer yet; it's summer over here, > > we've had ~30ÂC the last few days... > > Sarge release must not be delayed due to temperature! :) Hey,

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 06:45:00PM -0500, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 11:38:10PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian/debian-installer$ svn diff -r18429:18430 > > Index: installer/build/userdevfs-dev.txt > > =

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Út, 10. 08. 2004 v 11:07, Wouter Verhelst píše: > Haven't really started on vmelilo-installer yet; it's summer over here, > we've had ~30°C the last few days... Sarge release must not be delayed due to temperature! :) (here's also ~ 30°C - good reason for hacking after midnight :) Petr

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Út, 10. 08. 2004 v 09:57, Geert Uytterhoeven píše: > > > Well I think it's required for any machine using a serial console. > > > > I am not using a serial console. I have just added debug=ser, that's > debug=ser registers a console as well (hmm, perhaps not in old kernels like > 2.2 ... OK, it

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-10 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V Út, 10. 08. 2004 v 01:41, Stephen R Marenka pí¨e: > > > console=tty0 > > > in bootargs (kernel parameters) fixes it and the d-i boots > > > Well I think it's required for any machine using a serial console. > > I am not using a serial console. I have jus

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:14:39AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Yes, I know that. But the userdevfs-dev.txt file is used to generate the > ext2 filesystem, so that creates the device nodes which are on the > initrd even before it boots. Only for userdevfs formatted initrd's (those destined fo

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Út, 10. 08. 2004 v 01:41, Stephen R Marenka píše: > > console=tty0 > > in bootargs (kernel parameters) fixes it and the d-i boots > Well I think it's required for any machine using a serial console. I am not using a serial console. I have just added debug=ser, that's all. I hope the debug=ser w

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 11:38:10PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian/debian-installer$ svn diff -r18429:18430 > Index: installer/build/userdevfs-dev.txt > === > --- installer/build/userdevfs-dev.txt (revisio

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:58:24PM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > Hi, > > after long debugging of the suspicious Warning: unable to open an > initial console that turned out to be actually fatal for d-i installer > (because it starts with busybox init /dev/console and so > missing /dev/console kills

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Út, 10. 08. 2004 v 00:14, Wouter Verhelst píše: > > well, your patch makes sense but the Warning is printed by kernel > > itself, probably before the userdevfs is activated. > > Yes, I know that. But the userdevfs-dev.txt file is used to generate the > ext2 filesystem, so that creates the device

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:07:07AM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > V Po, 09. 08. 2004 v 23:38, Wouter Verhelst pÃÅe: > > > console=tty0 > > > > > In that case, the bug isn't in the kernel, but in debian-installer: > > well, your patch makes sense but the Warning is printed by kernel > itself, probab

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Petr Stehlik
V Po, 09. 08. 2004 v 23:38, Wouter Verhelst píše: > > console=tty0 > > > In that case, the bug isn't in the kernel, but in debian-installer: well, your patch makes sense but the Warning is printed by kernel itself, probably before the userdevfs is activated. > > The d-i doesn't work yet, it stop

Re: "unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:58:24PM +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote: > Hi, > > after long debugging of the suspicious Warning: unable to open an > initial console that turned out to be actually fatal for d-i installer > (because it starts with busybox init /dev/console and so > missing /dev/console kills

"unable to open initial console" overcame

2004-08-09 Thread Petr Stehlik
Hi, after long debugging of the suspicious Warning: unable to open an initial console that turned out to be actually fatal for d-i installer (because it starts with busybox init /dev/console and so missing /dev/console kills it) I have just found out that simple console=tty0 in bootargs (kernel