/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file

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I am in the process of installing the 2.6.28.2 kernel into my Debian machine.
I currently have 2.6.18-6-686 which works like a charm except for the wireless. : (
Every time I try to boot into the new kernel it gives me:

initrd-tools: 0.1.84.2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
SCSI subsystem initialized
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
umount: devfs: not mounted
mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
umount: devfs: not mounted
pivot_root: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I understand that devfs is depreciated and so it should not be found anyway,
however it comes up with that error several times. Also, in the 2.6.18 kernel
dev/console exists.

So far I have tried using

$mount -o loop /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28.2 /intird

I also tried running

$MAKEDEV update
$MAKEDEV console

using the 2.6.18 kernel to make sure that the directory gets repopulated, however,
that doesn't seem to work either.

Im on a toshiba satellite laptop

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