Bug 369873

Summary:	no /dev/console after fresh installation
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Barafu Albino <barafu.albino.cheetah>
Component:	[OLD] baselayout	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker	CC:	barafu.albino.cheetah
Priority:	Normal
Version:	autobuilds
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Barafu Albino 2011-06-03 10:57:17 UTC

After doing a fresh installation of Gentoo according to handbook(stage3 file of 1 of June, don't remember exact mirror) the system can't boot. It halts after kernel load before OpenRC because /dev/console is not present

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do a clean install of Gentoo from a recent stage3 on amd64
2. Follow handbook until you try to boot a new system

Actual Results:  
Boot process stops right after loading the kernel. No keys work, no error messages fly up. 

Expected Results:  
OpenRC should start and display its version

I was investigating at the problem and found following:
1) I am not the only one with the problem. People complain on forums, all for amd64 arch.
2) After creating /dev/console with mknod everything works fine. 
3) To fix it, something in stage3 must provide it when unpacking the system.

Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2011-06-03 11:17:01 UTC

Fix info: http://dev.gentoo.org/~a3li/openrc.txt

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368597 ***