Modifying init to create /dev/console ?

Wed Feb 28 10:16:45 UTC 2007

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:23:22AM +0000, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> Yes, I am using initramfs and thanks for the info. I could use this for 
> the boot initrd, but the system then mounts its real root fs using a 
> read only NFS mount. I would prefer not to have a /dev/console in my NFS 
> mounted file system either ...

Well, you'll still need some RW paths in your system. You can accomplish
that for /dev and get a working one too by keeping the one in initramfs:

mount --bind /dev /nfsroot/dev
...
switch_root

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lfr
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