Re: etherboot: unable to open an initial console.

[Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk@goe.net>]

> I am trying to boot a diskless client and I receive the above error.
> 
> Some additional information:
> 
> I have no display and therefore, I have set up linux to use the serial port
> (ttyS0) as the console.  In /dev, I have created a symbolic link console ->
> /dev/ttyS0.
> 
> I have NFS Root Filesystem enabled.
> 
> Below is a complete printout of what appears on my hyperterminal from the
> moment boot starts.

Hi, you get this error if the major/minor numbers of the device are not
correct (mounting 32bit machine from a 64bit one) or if the permissions
not set correctly (nfs export not rw,no_root_squash)...

So long,
	  Dirk

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