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-rw-r--r--guix/build/linux-initrd.scm6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
index 376242ce2b..d7de9c14ee 100644
--- a/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/guix/build/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ with the given MAJOR number, starting with MINOR."
(mknod (scope "dev/input/mouse0") 'char-special #o640 (device-number 13 32))
(mknod (scope "dev/input/event0") 'char-special #o640 (device-number 13 64))
+ ;; System console. This node is magically created by the kernel on the
+ ;; initrd's root, so don't try to create it in that case.
+ (unless (string=? root "/")
+ (mknod (scope "dev/console") 'char-special #o600
+ (device-number 5 1)))
+
;; TTYs.
(mknod (scope "dev/tty") 'char-special #o600
(device-number 5 0))