Re: hang trying to sync hardware clock ...
It is very unlikely, but... a typo in the hwclock script could prevent the next message from appearing, yet the script is still completing, in which case the problem is in the script(s) being executed after hwclock. If the above yields nothing then check /etc/rcS.d and look at the script that come after Sxxhwclock when you list that dir. Whatever the outcome of this experiment is, you should report the problem to the debian-boot mailing list. well it's certainly something with the hwclock.sh script ... i booted into emergency mode off the rescue cd, and tried to run the hwclock script and got the same hang running: /etc/init.d# ./hwclock.sh show locked the box up completely. that should not happen. so i booted again and moved hwclock.sh to hwclock.sh-broken and it booted up properly. i'll play a bit more and then report it to someone once i have an idea what the problem actually is. The new ext2 features means you can't mount partitions created by the install when running a 2.0.x kernel, not a problem unless you try to downgrade to a 2.0.x kernel later on or still have slink running and try to mount potato partitions. The size of the HD should not make any difference. i know but when faced with the bizarre start eliminating the unknown and unfamiliar. I don't recall seeing any report of this problem go by on debian-boot, but you would have to check on that list (archives or ask) or with the bug tracking system (it should be under boot-floppies because dpkg -S /etc/init.d/hwclock doesn't return any package name). i'll check it out, thanks for the reply. adam.
Re: hang trying to sync hardware clock ...
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Adam Shand wrote: /etc/init.d# ./hwclock.sh show == hwclock --show $GMT Which would indicate that /sbin/hwclock is hanging the system. I don't recall seeing any report of this problem go by on debian-boot, but you would have to check on that list (archives or ask) or with the bug tracking system (it should be under boot-floppies because dpkg -S /etc/init.d/hwclock doesn't return any package name). Doh, probably because there is no file named /etc/init.d/hwclock. hwclock.sh and hwclock are both in the util-linux package. - Bruce
Re: hang trying to sync hardware clock ...
Which would indicate that /sbin/hwclock is hanging the system. yah, but why? Doh, probably because there is no file named /etc/init.d/hwclock. hwclock.sh and hwclock are both in the util-linux package. not sure i follow this ... if i need util-linux why wouldn't the install have installed it? adam.
Re: hang trying to sync hardware clock ...
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Adam Shand wrote: Which would indicate that /sbin/hwclock is hanging the system. yah, but why? I suppose anything from the prog itself to libc6, something with the timezone handling, a hardware problem, or even a combination of hardware and software specific to your setup. strace would probably be the best tool to start investigating with. Doh, probably because there is no file named /etc/init.d/hwclock. hwclock.sh and hwclock are both in the util-linux package. not sure i follow this ... if i need util-linux why wouldn't the install have installed it? It is part of the base system. If it is a bug then the report should be filed against util-linux, after you make sure that the most recent version of util-linux elicits same behaviour. later, Bruce
hang trying to sync hardware clock ...
hey. i'm hoping someone knows the answer to this. i'm trying to do a fresh potato install and i've had this problem no matter what i try and do. i get to the point where i reboot off of the hard drive, everything boots up as normal until this point: Starting portmap daemon: portmap. Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference... and then it hangs forever (i even left it over night and it never made it past this). i told it to set the hardware clock to GMT, am using the 2.2 features of ext2 and have a large ide drive (13.6 gb) which are the only things i've done differently from any other install. is this a known bug? any help appreciated, thanks. adam.
