1. Boot floppy fails: "Unable to open initial console"
RedHat 6.1 Dell Poweredge 2300
I do rpm -q kernel kernel headers, etc. and get 2.12.12-20 for
all parts of the kernel
I then create a boot floppy:
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.12-20
When I choose the "rescue" option when using the floppy
all seems to proceed correctly, a RAMdisk is created
and then I get:
Warning: Unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: Not init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
At this point the machine is hung; keyboard does nothing.
The floppy's /etc/lilo.conf is:
boot=/dev/fd0
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
prompt
image=/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux
root=/dev/sda5
initrd=/initrd.img
image=/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=rescue
append="load_ramdisk=2 prompt_ramdisk=1"
root=/dev/fd0
initrd=/initrd.img
Am I supposed to copy /bin/bash onto the floppy and add a line in the
rescue portion of lilo.conf like init=bash ??
Any help appreciated. TIA
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