linux-kernel - Re: NFSROOT with NFS Version 3

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Message-ID: <4562443C.2000005@tmr.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:11:40 -0500
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Christoph Pleger <Christoph.Pleger@...-dortmund.de>,
	Linux Kernel mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NFSROOT with NFS Version 3

Christoph Pleger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:57:16 -0500
> Joe Korty <joe.korty@...r.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 12:07:50PM +0100, Christoph Pleger wrote:
>>> Warning: Unable to open an initial console
>> This usually means /dev/console doesn't exist.  With many of
>> today's distributions, this means you didn't boot with a
>> initrd properly set up to run with your newly built kernel.
> 
> The device /dev/console exists, but init/main.c tries to open it
> read-write. As the nfsroot is mounted read-only, /dev/console cannot be
> opened read-write.

That doesn't sound right, but hum... try mounting noatime, perhaps some 
additional checking is being done.

Note: I'm pulling that out of the air, I haven't had a problem with it. 
Dare I assume that you checked the major,minor and all that good stuff?

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@....com>
   CTO TMR Associates, Inc
   Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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