Re: [TCLUG:14024] Help! Crashed RedHat 6.0/Intel

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

it sounds like your devices are messed up.  I do not know what the command is 
on RH6.0, but I believe there is an rpm for you device tree.  You can boot up 
a rescue floppy (Slackware boot floppy with rescue.gz rootdisk works) and then 
recreate that tree.  If there is not an rpm, I know my distribution has a 
MAKEDEV in /dev which creates the devices, it should be console or something. 
Failing that, mknod c 4 0 would recreate the console device on my system.

-Chris McKinley

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, John Fraser wrote:

> Hey everybody;
> 
> My power failed in the building yesterday, and now my RH6.0 boots up
> until it hits:
> ....
> Autorun ...
> ... Autorun DONE
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory, 60K saved.
> Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> 
> Then it hangs....
> 
> Any ideas???
> 
> JF
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