Re: /dev/console..

Sameer Anja (sameer@securities.com)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 05:38:13 -0400 (EDT)

If it is not kernel problem then what could it be???
Anyway, we go into single user mode for fsck, sys maintenance etc...
It used to work before with earlier kernels.Why not now??
-Sameer
P.S. This happenes when fsck returns error code at boot .

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:00:42 +0200 (MET DST)
> From: Pavel Machek <pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> To: Sameer Anja <sameer@securities.com>
> Subject: Re: /dev/console..
>
> On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Sameer Anja wrote:
>
> > Hi-
> > I am using Linux 2.0.28 with shadow passwd.Whenevever my machine
> > drops to single user mode.I am not able to log on.After I enter the
> > correct username passwd pair, this is root/passwd, there is a message
> > saying /dev/console, "cannot change for user root, bad file number".
> > I tried remaking also, but to noavail(i.e. remaking the console device).
> > Is this a problem and could anybody help??
> > I was using Linux 2.0.8 before and did not have this problem.
>
> Hmm, is not root file system read only at that time?
>
> If so, it's not kernel problem....
>
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