re: Custom kernel / GRUB yields: Can't access tty; Job control stopped

SOLUTION: to "can't access tty; job control turned off" Apologies for answering my own post, but this seems to be a problem many people have had. For some reason (there could be many) the boot kernel can't mount the root file system and hence cannot find all devices and tools to run the login. I

Custom kernel / GRUB yields: Can't access tty; Job control stopped

Hi Hope this is the correct mailing list. I am not a member. A custom debian kernel 2.6.18 mounts the root fs but then gives the error "/bin/sh Can't access tty; Job control stopped" (initramfs) I used GRUB to boot the kernel. The stock kernels work fine. What is the problem, is it grub or the ke