ash: Can't access tty problems (initramfs)

Hamish Moffatt hamish at cloud.net.au
Thu May 17 15:29:10 PDT 2007


On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:28:06AM -0500, Dallas Clement wrote:
> I'm getting the infamous "Can't access tty; job control turned off"
> message when I try to invoke the ash shell during my initial bootup.
> 
> I'm using busybox 1.5.0.  I also understand that ash requires a
> controlling tty rather than the console.  Though, I don't understand all
> the reasons.

I saw this too when I upgraded from 1.4.2 from 1.5.0, so I switched
back. The same /dev entries work perfectly in 1.4.2. I did not have
time/need to debug it.

Hamish
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