I created a new dev/console wiht c 5 1 and I have a shell. I am going to continue the install process. Thank you all for your assistance! john davis On Fri, 4 May 2001, John D. Davis wrote: > > This is who recommended the image. I grabbed base2_2.2 and uncompressed it > on an IRIX box using gzip -dc and tar xopf - . > > >>See > >> ftp://ftp.uni-mainz.de/pub/Linux/debian-local/mips/ > >>for an up to date root image. > >> -- Guido > > > > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > > > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:57:24PM -0700, John D. Davis wrote: > > > > > I am using the recommended packages and the vmlinux kernel is on the IRIX > > > server. I am currently getting the following error: > > > > Recommended by whom? > > > > > VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem) readonly. > > > Warning: unable to open an initial console. > > > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > > > > > I don't know why the fs is readonly. I explicitly put rw in the > > > /etc/exports. Is this why the initial console cannot be opened? I read > > > > No. That usually indicates that your root filesystem is defective. > > See if /dev/console exists and is c 5 1. If not, that's the source of > > your console problem. > > So dev console is one problem. > > littledipper 13% ls -l dev/console > crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0, 0 Jan 24 06:18 dev/console > > Can I just use mknod and change it to c 5 1 ? > > > The init death problem seems more insidious. Try passing init=/bin/sh > > or so - this will be even more effective if you have a statically > > linked shell like ash or sash to use. Where did you get this > > filesystem? For that matter, where did you get this kernel? There > > are *lots* of both floating around, even on oss, that may be broken or > > out of date. > > The kernel was downloaded from : > ftp://ftp.rfc822.org/pub/local/debian-mips/kernel/ > and I am using: kernel-image-2.4.0-test9 both the ecoff and elf format > one fail. In bin, sh is linked to bash: > > littledipper 16% ls -l bin/*sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 724072 Dec 27 04:44 bin/bash > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 4 May 3 15:11 bin/rbash -> bash > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 4 May 4 16:08 bin/sh -> bash > > There is no s/ash. I can get another copy of the root image if that is > neceassry or use an older verison. > > thanks, > john > >
