[pocket-linux] v2.1 Chapter 3 - Unable to open initial console

[Bettes]

Hi Stefan,

From my experience, this error has nothing to do with using the wrong 
libraries. (but of course I can be wrong)

I got the message :
> 	Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
when I really forgot to pass the option init=/bin/sh in the menu.lst file

Be also sure that you have created the device /dev/console


If it is after all the libraries, you can find precompiled for old machines at 
David Hortons Website

> I think the quickest solution is to use libraries that are known to be
> compatible with older systems.  For pre-built, i386 compatible libraries
> you can get glibc from my web site.
> [http://www.happy-monkey.net/architect/bin-pkgs/glibc-2.3.2.i386.tar.gz]
>     I also think the Slackware distro uses i486 compatible libraries.
>

Bettes

On Monday 05 July 2004 17:00, Siedler Stefan wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I know the same problem was discussed here already in April, but
> I did not find any solution.
>
> Can anybody tell me what to do ?
> I get the following messages:
>
> 	VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
> 	RAMDISK: Compressed Image found at block 0
> 	VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> 	Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
> 	Waring unable to open an initial console.
> 	Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
>
> I don't know if I did something wrong with the libraries,
> because the output of "ldd bash" is
>
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40022000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/tlc/libc.so.6 (0x40025000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
>
> and i don't know what to do with linux-gate.so.1
>
> I am working on a SuSE 9.1 system with kernel 2.6
> My target is a Celeron Coppermine CPU, and the kernel should be 2.4
>
> Thank you for any help
>
> Stefan
>
>
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