Charon-AXP and Tru64 - "System does not have a console configured" error message when booting
Problem
Systems running Tru64 V4.0x on Charon-AXP could fail to boot with "panic (cpu 0): System does not have a console configured
" message when upgraded to newer versions of Charon-AXP.
Example:
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Solution
Boot with genvmunix and update the kernel configuration file as described below:
P00>>>boot dka0 -file genvmunix |
Switch to multi-user if necessary by pressing CTRL-D and locate the configuration file (examples given below assume the configuration name is AXP001):
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In the example below, given for an AlphaServer 4100, we can see the controller ace0
has an invalid slot number:
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We'll replace then 4
by 8 (correct number for all models) to correct this:
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The kernel can now be rebuilt, replaced and the system can be rebooted:
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Example
Click here to see attached document.
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