Bug#526525: a problem with mptbase or bnx2 (was: Bug#526525: Kernel linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 does not see) root RAID device /dev/md0
[me]
...
>> Perhaps if I could figure out how to grab the dmesg output from
>> initramfs environment, I could then compare the amd64 kernel
>> output to the 686-bigmem kernel output... :-/
[martin f krafft]
> Append 'break=bottom debug' to the kernel line and at the shell do
> something like
>
> mount -o remount,rw /root
> cp /dev/.initramfs/initramfs.debug /root/root/initramfs-debug.foo
> mount -o remount,ro /root
>
> and then find the file in /root once the system booted.
...
No luck. No /root mounted so cannot remount it.
[http://wiki.debian.org/InitramfsDebug]
> If that does not work, use a USB stick: plug it in, observe the kernel output, mkdir /mnt, mount the device node there, and write to the flash drive. Remember to umount before pulling out the stick.
No luck. I plugged in a USB stick and now the screen and keyboard are frozen.
Tony
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