"Bruce Martin" wrote:

> I am trying to get a system running with the bare minimum of files on it,
> under diskless (flash-based) operation, in multi-user mode. I am getting
> through the boot process, right to the last step - where init calls getty
> and presents a login prompt. At this point, I am getting the following
> message, recurring every 30 seconds indefinitely:
>  "getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping"
> 
> I have put the files init, getty, ttys, and gettytab into their correct
> directories. Does anybody know what could be causing this state?

Silly question, but do you have a /dev/console that is a character device?