[lug] Kernel compile -devfs

[Jason Davis]

I found both those links as well. I do have /dev/console , but for fun i
rm'ed it and remade , same result. 

more background info:

Im using kernel source i got from debian. I used make-kpkg
to make a deb and an initrd image. 

I only get the "cant find dev/console" issue when i boot the
kernels i made. When i boot the SMP kernel-image I downloaded
It hangs and says my sata drives are timing out , thus it cant
load the root file system. If i boot the kernel my install came with,
well , it boots and runs with one cpu reconized. 

I even took the config file for the stock kernel from /boot
and used it as my config file for one of the new kernels
I build (2.6.17.4 iirc - box is at work) ... same problem.

Anyway , I have tried so much and read so much today
I feel I have lost the real issue and Im just spinning my wheels.

My plan for tomorrow:

Go get an Intel box - or possibly some pata drives

Suggestions anyone?

thanks,
jd



On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 19:09 -0600, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 16:20 -0600, Jason Davis wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  I have a dual cpu Amd64 box. It running Debian stable. However the
> > install did not set up a SMP kernel so only one of my CPUs is showing
> > up. I compiled a kernel and built ext3 and the sata drivers for my
> > board.
> > 
> > If i try to not use a initrd image the root file system cant be mounted.
> > Can some suggest what Im leaving out. If i use an initrd i get a kernel
> > panic saying the dev/console can not be loadded.
> > 
> > I have googled the messages I get. I have tried a few things I found
> > (like install udev/devfsd) Still I get the same error.
> > 
> > Questions:
> > 1. Why is /dev/console not being found at boot?
> > 2. How can I use udev and not devfs?
> > 3. Besides ext3 ,scsi , sata , what do i need to build into my kernel to
> > not need initrd?
> 
> udev needs some basic devices in the /dev directory before it can get
> the kernel booted and start running.
> 
> Some Googling reveals:
> http://www.disaggregate.com/blog/technicalweblog/archives/000012.html
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml
>