Andy Grundman (ag_tiny@hotmail.com)
Thu, 08 Apr 1999 08:10:49 EDT
Yes this could be the problem.. I have a burned CD but it is in CDFS
format, not ISO9660. The system sees it fine though, and it boots
the kernel.. oh well I will just burn another one in iso9660.
Thanks all,
Andy
>From: Jaap Hogenberg <Jaap.Hogenberg@nl.abnamro.com>
>Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
>To: axp-list <axp-list@redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Help! Installing RH5.2 on SX164 - "Unable to open an
initial console."
>Date: 08 Apr 1999 10:32:07 +0200
>
>>>>> "Andy Grundman" said:
>>> I am trying to install RH5.2 on an SX164 at work and it keeps
giving
>>> me the error message "Unable to open an initial console." after I
boot
>>> off the cd-rom (boot -t iso9660 hdc:kernels/sx164.gz
root=/dev/hdc).
>>> It goes through a typical linux boot, then hangs after that
error. I
>>> have to manually restart the system from there.
>
>>This seems to happen on some machines; try using the RAMdisk floppy
>>instead...
>
>>--Jay++
>
>I've seen this happen with copied CD's that are copied using windoze.
>One on one copies are fine , but if you want to put something extra
on
>such a CD
>micro$oft makes a iso9660 with Joliet extensions, which are , as you
>would have guessed by now,
>not compatible with RockRidge extensions , and this will mess up
the /dev
>on the cd.
>Actually , mess up isn't right, there's just nothing there.
>So , am I right , is it a Joliet fs CD ?
>
>And , more importantly , is it a good idea to include support for
this in
>the kernels that
>are shipped with the original distributions (which IMHO would fix
all
>this ?)
>
>Jaap
>
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