Re: [uml-user] Warning: unable to open initial console.

[Bhavesh K. <kam...@gm...>]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Flavio <fbc...@gm...> wrote:

> 2008/10/6 Bhavesh Kamani <kam...@gm...>
> >
> > Hi Team,
> >
> > I installed a fresh debian etch and doing following steps to setup user
> mode linux :
> > (installed uml kernel and uml utilities from debian etch DVD.)
> >
> > 1) dd if=/dev/zero of=root_fs bs=1M count=4096
> > 2) mkfs.reiserfs -f root_fs
> > 3) mkdir mounted_root_fs
> > 4) mount root_fs mounted_root_fs -o loop
> > 5) rsync -ax --exclude=root_fs / mounted_root_fs
> > 6) vi mounted_root_fs/etc/HOSTNAME
> >    Changed the hostname.
> > 7) vi mounted_root_fs/etc/fstab /* After my change line will be like
> below : */
> >    /dev/ubd/0   /   reiserfs   defaults   1   1
> > 8) linux mem=128M
> Hi!
> So, you're trying to start UML only doing 'linux mem=128M', isn't it?
>
> Maybe the command line should be more complex then yours.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Flavio Bertini
>
> >
> > While starting uml(i.e. linux mem=128M) I am getting the error like :
> >
> > Warning: unable to open initial console.
> >
> > I am using GNOME and doing this from gnome-terminal.
> > Can anyone tell me what are the exact steps I need to do to initialize
> console?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bhavesh.
> >
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Hi Flavio,

I am doing "linux mem=128M" to start UML.
I tried "linux mem=128M devfs=mount" also, but that is also giving same
error.

Thanks,
Bhavesh.