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Re: thecus n2100 armel lenny upgrade, won't boot



I guess, that you'll need a serial console. 
Without, you can only guess, where it stuck, like did it access the
disks and so...

If it gets that far, you probably could check the logs, as it might
logged something of interest.

coldtobi

On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 16:08 +0200, Joost Yervante Damad wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I upgraded my thecus n2100 this morning. The upgrade seemed to have worked 
> fine:
> 
> > Setting up linux-image-2.6.25-2-iop32x (2.6.25-7) ...
> >
> >  Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link
> > /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-iop32x/source However, I can not read the target: No
> > such file or directory
> >  Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-iop32x/source
> >
> > Running depmod.
> > Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> > Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
> > Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
> > (2.6.25-6 was configured last, according to dpkg)
> > Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
> > (2.6.25-6 was configured last, according to dpkg)
> > Running postinst hook script flash-kernel.
> > Flashing kernel... done.
> > Flashing initramfs... done.
> > Setting up libvolume-id0 (0.125-5) ...
> > Setting up udev (0.125-5) ...
> 
> However, after a reboot it didn't come back. It seems to do some form of 
> booting but it is not reachable via the network.
> 
> I managed to enter redboot via telnet, but am a little at a loss how to boot 
> the installed kernel manually, at least in a way that produces some useful 
> output.
> 
> Any ideas or do I need to add a serial port in order to debug the issue?
> 
> Thanks, Joost Damad
> 
> -- 
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> 
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