sbin/init problem

hi

i am experiencing some strange problem with /sbin/init as soon as it starts executing it starts fetching some files from NFS server the names of files is enclosed below some fetched with
success some ends with error
and in the end the system stops working
can anybody help me
dev/console
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
/sbin/init .
open_namei-/sbin/initST7ST8ST11ST12prepare_bin
open_namei-/lib/ld.so.1
file /sbin/init,file /sbin/init
(start_brk) 100175f4
(end_code) 10016fe8
(start_code) 10000000
(end_data) 10016fe8
(start_stack) 7fffff40
(brk) 100175f4
Elf_INTER 30010200
start_thread called here
return value by sys_execve 0
open_namei-/etc/ld.so.preload
ERROR
open_namei-/etc/ld.so.cache
ERROR open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libc.so.6 open_namei-/dev/tty0
ERROR
open_namei-/dev/console
ERROR
open_namei-/dev/null
open_namei-/var/run/utmp
ERROR
open_namei-/dev/null
open_namei-/etc/inittab
returning with error
open_namei-/dev/initctlST7ST8ST11ST12
ERROR
open_namei-/dev/null
File NAme /etc/rc.sysinit
open_namei-/etc/rc.sysinit
open_namei-/bin/sh
starting thread
open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libtermcap.so.2 open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libdl.so.2 open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libc.so.6 open_namei-/dev/tty
open_namei-/etc/nsswitch.conf
ERROR open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libnss_compat.so.2 open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libnsl.so.1 pen_namei-/etc/passwd open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/lib/libnss_files.so.2 open_namei-/sbin/mount open_namei-/opt/hardhat/devkit/ppc/8xx/powerpc-hardhat-linux/etc/localtime ERROR
in last it try for /dev/null file three or four times and then system goes hangs although it is responding to ping but not executing further and not showing any shell prompt

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How would it show you a shell prompt? Through the console it failed to open? Make sure there's a /dev/console with major 5, minor 1. What is your console device? A serial port? What type?

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