Re: NSLU2 network interface missing after reboot
Hi Jonas
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:34, Jonas Häggqvist <rasher@rasher.dk> wrote:
> Gordon Farquharson wrote:
>
>> For some reason, the ixp4xx_eth module isn't being loaded. I'm not
>> sure why 2.6.25-7 isn't loading the module on your system, but I don't
>> think that it is worth investigating further because the latest kernel
>> in testing is 2.6.26-5 which does work. Can you try this kernel on
>> your system?
>
> I'd love to, but I'm not sure how, considering I've no way to reach the
> device after it boots.
>
> Can I somehow install the newer kernel if I mount the disk on another
> computer?
I don't see that this would work because part of the installation
procedure is to write the kernel image and initramfs to the NSLU2
flash.
> The best I can think of off the top of my head is to copy the kernel and
> related packages to the disk and creating an initscript that installs
> them, but maybe there's a better way?
Sounds like a pretty good solution. Save the kernel deb for 2.6.26
from testing to your a directory on the NSLU2, and then have an init
script run 'dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.26-1-ixp4xx_2.6.26-5_armel.deb'.
You probably want to run 'halt' at the end of this init script so that
the system shuts down once the installation is finished.
Gordon
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