[plug] system hangs after kernel upgrade

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Jon Miller wrote:
> I'm attempting to do an kernel upgrade from 2.4.27-2-686  to 2.6.8-2-686 and when the system boot it hangs at the prompt /sbin/init: 432: Connot open dev/console No such file.
> 
> What I've done is boot up the system using Knoppix 4.0 and mount the root directory, cd to /dev/ and run MAKEDEV update and MAKEDEV console.
> Rebooted the computer and still the same error.
> 
> Does anyone have a fix for this.
> 
> System is a Debian 2.4 
> 
I remember reading about this in the gentoo 2.4->2.6 migration guide. 
You have to do a mount of the /dev file system (in a funny way or 
something)..

Ahh yes here it is

# mkdir -p /mnt/temp
# mount -o bind / /mnt/temp
# cd /mnt/temp/dev
# ls -l console null
# mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
# mknod -m 660 null c 1 3
# cd
# umount /mnt/temp
# rmdir /mnt/temp



Give that a go.

Tomasz