Re: Rebooting from "busibox" shell

["Alvaro Consuegra" <acon@infonegocio.com>]

> There probably is a good reason why you end up in busybox shell. Often the

> reason is that the initrd could not mount the root file system.
>
> Can you post the last 20 lines or so on the console before you get the 
> Busybox shell?
> 
> What is the disk/partition setup that you are using?

Here is my disc config:
Disk /dev/sda: 18.4 GB, 18400000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2237 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           4       32098+  f0  Linux/PA-RISC boot 
/dev/sda2               5          20      128520   83  Linux (/boot)
/dev/sda3              21        2237    17808052+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5   *          21        2192    17446558+  83  Linux (/)
/dev/sda6            2193        2237      361431   82  Linux swap / Solaris

The full console log in in a previous message:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-hppa/2006/06/msg00050.html

The disk configuration is ok, because the system boots fine with 2.6.12-1
kernel. It just fail with any newer kernel.
I think this is a initrd issue, but i dont know what more to try.
One of the big problem is that every time i try a new kernel or a new initrd
image to try to solve the problem, if the test fail and the machine falls in
the busibox shell, y cant reboot it remotely. There is no shutdown command
nor reboot. I need to call somebody at the phisical location of the machine
to push the power button.


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   Alvaro Consuegra - Zaragoza (Spain [EU]) 
   Consultor T.I. MCSE
   email: alvaro@acopen.com

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