ML403 2.6 kernel, root file system on NFS, stops after freeing unused kernel memory

[Grant Likely]

On 5/23/07, Mohammad Sadegh Sadri <mamsadegh at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all
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> I have studied the disscussion here mainly by Mirek32 (I think this was the name)  but unfortunately the disscussion is finished without any suitable answer and solution.
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> the 2.6 kernel comes up on ml403 with no problem, it gets an IP address from my DHCP and mounts the root file system from my NFS server , all of these are ok.
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> Unfortunately , after "freeing unused kernel memory ", init , console stops working however the board is alive because it answers all of my pings correctly. I tried to make a telnet connection to the board with no success. ( I'm using ELDK 4.0)
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> any suggestions what is happening here?

Is there a /dev/console node?

try booting with init=/bin/sh to see if you get a console.

Your /etc/inittab might not be starting a getty on the console device.

Cheers,
g.

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