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Re: Upgrade to linux-image-3.12-1-kirkwood on qnap ts-110 bricks the NAS (until recover)



Hardy Griech ha scritto:
> - at "When you connect you'll be given three choices...":
>   This step is more accurately described in
> http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/installer-flash-kernel:
>   actually you have to follow the installer until you reach
>   the partitioner (which is always somehow exciting), then go back
>   and open a shell.  This environment has a full blown tool chain
>   behind not just a limited busybox as in the first shell prompt.

If you think it's best I'll change it, but the shell that you can choose
on the first step is more that enough for the task at hand (I used
that), and I think it's faster and easier to reach. Other ideas on this?

> - at the wget invocation:
>   note that the wget will not be necessary most of the times
>   unless you are (too) pedantic and purged the previous kernel
>   before a successful boot with the new one

Yes, I write it later on...

> - instead standard operation is to move the new (non working)
>   kernel from /boot to lets say /boot/xxx.
>   Then link initrd.img and vmlinuz to the last working kernel
> 
>   ln -sf initrd.img-<last-working-initrd> initrd.img
>   ln -sf vmlinuz-<last-working-vmlinuz>   vmlinuz
> 
>   After that "flash-kernel"

...but not quite so detailed (I didn't know you had to create a link).
I'll add your description to the guide.

> I understand your description fully and found it complete - on the other
> hand I did the procedure already once on my own.  So I'm perhaps not the
> perfect proofreader... ;-)

Good, at least it's understandable.

bye,
Iacopo


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