On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Kenneth C Barr wrote:
> Question: As the vmlinux-indy-2.2.1-990226.ecoff kernel begins the boot
> sequence, it hangs at "unable to open initial console." I had unpacked
> the filesystem on linux as the FAQ suggests, and my device files look
> right. So, on the NFS server, I symlinked /dev/console to /dev/ttyS0.
> Now the message is replaced with a cryptic: "S<<<<<"
However, /dev/console must _not_ be a symlink, but a character special device
with major 5 minor 1 (cfr. Documentation/devices.txt).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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