Re: NSLU2 won't reboot after recent etch upgrade
Heinrich,
this kernel seems to reboot just fine here. Is that the kernel you used?
Regards,
Rainer
Linux nslu2 2.6.18-6-ixp4xx #1 Tue Aug 19 20:03:53 UTC 2008 armv5tel
Am Dienstag, 16. September 2008 schrieb Heinrich Hiemesch:
> Sorry for being late with my slug runnig etch while all are talking
> about lenny here.
>
> This is the problem as far as I can decribe it - I'm only a debian
> *user*:
>
> After I upgraded some days ago my slug running Debian Etch 4.03r using
> apt-get upgrade the slug hangs during reboot. Status led yellow,
> Ehternet blinking, Disk 1 + 2 off. Ok, maybe fsck running, I waited
> for over an hour but nothing changed.
>
> Then I copied a previously saved /boot - folder to the actual /boot -
> folder. The slug started normally. My sda ( a 4 GB stick) is
> partitioned as follows:
>
> sda1 /boot (bootable)
> sda5 /swap
> sda6 /
>
> Today I had to reboot the slug due to a problem with the usb hub which
> connects two hdds and another stick (swap) to the slug - and the slug
> hangs again. I then tried the solution of Martin Michelmayr posted
> here in April for a corrupt lenny update (flashing the slug after
> booting into the debian installer) = no go.
>
> Finally I had to install from scratch completely which is *very*
> annoying as I lost one whole day for all this until the slug is now up
> again.
>
> I posted the upgrade problem to the german board and there were
> answers showing the same problem - so I'm not alone...
>
> I'm sorry that I don't have soldered a serial port to the slug so I
> can't say where it hangs during boot. Maybe it's the partitioning
> where the problem is - are there assumptions made in the upgrade
> files?
>
> Pls ask if I should provide more infos to solve the problem. However
> *I* will never, never again upgrade the kernel or initramfs.
>
> BTW: Is there a way when doing apt-get upgrade to select the files to
> be upgraded? At the moment I only know the options <Yes> and <No> to
> all.
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