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Somehow your `/dev/console` got hurt. You can mount by hand (e.g. on `/target`)
your root filesystem from a Hurd installation CD and run

    settrans -c /target/dev/console /hurd/term /dev/console device console

to restore it.

You can also set it from a Linux system with:

    touch /target/dev/console
    setfattr -n gnu.translator -v "/hurd/term\0/dev/console\0device\0console\0" /target/dev/console