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<<On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 11:32:07 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> said:

> Right, but the only way to get an error message is to let /sbin/init
> die and have the kernel print the message.  /sbin/init cannot
> print the message when there is no "/dev/console" can it ?

Yes, it can, if the kernel does the right then when hand-crafting the
`init' process to ensure that the console is already open rather than
making `init' do it.

-GAWollman


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