From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261400AbVACGpK (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 01:45:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261398AbVACGpJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 01:45:09 -0500 Received: from chop.phpwebhosting.com ([66.132.134.9]:39375 "HELO chop.phpwebhosting.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261400AbVACGpD (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2005 01:45:03 -0500 Subject: RE: Kernel 2.6.10 Can't Open Initial Console on FC3 From: Colin Charles To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core Cc: jwendel10@comcast.net, mikeserv@bmts.com, zaitcev@redhat.com, Fedora List , Linux Newbie , Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <3k77vr$fs05t3@mxip08a.cluster1.charter.net> References: <3k77vr$fs05t3@mxip08a.cluster1.charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: ArenaTechniques.com / ByteBot.Net Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:09:28 +0800 Message-Id: <1104721768.32006.180.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:05 -0600, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > They tell me there's a way to make it work without initrd, but it's > ugly, messy, and not recommended: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/ > > I haven't yet tested to see if it works with initrd and without > support for hotplug devices, but from the documentation I've read my > money is on no. It does work. For quite a while on the PPC tree, we ended up doing some manual MAKEDEVs to make it work. IIRC, booting with selinux=0 might have been required as well (this was in the pre-FC-3 rawhide days) -- Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my http://www.bytebot.net/ "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi