I believe I have the explanation: user error. It looks as though I've tried to upgrade my net5501 with the net4801 firmware. Is there an easy way to confirm that this is what happened? Other than the presence in /mnt/kd of a suspicious looking net4801.tar.gz and various net4801-related error messages during boot. Will you promise not to slap me?
Does this mean I should start from scratch and wipe the CF? Thanks for your help and patience with a buffoon. Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Darrick Hartman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 26 February 2009 15:45 > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Remote upgrade failure (was: > Re: Remove previous EXT2IF settings, now unwanted) > > Tom Chadwin wrote: > >> When you did the upgrade, did you also replace the initrd file? > > > > Yes. > > > >> What target device are you using? > > > > Net5501 > > > >> Any reason for > >> going to 0.6.2 instead of 0.6.3? > > > > I upgraded (from pre 0.6) before 0.6.3 had been released. I > installed > > 0.6.1 (which I know was not an official release) because I > had a new > > Digium card not supported by wctdm. I was advised to try > 0.6.1 which > > had support for wctdm24xxp. This worked. When 0.6.2 was released, I > > tried to upgrade remotely by untarring the .img.gz to > > /oldroot/cdrom/os. As I remember, along with the 0.6.2 files, this > > replaced astflag and initrd.img. After a reboot, I lost > touch with the > > box. > > AH HA! The .img.gz is the wrong file. You want the tar.gz > file contents to go in /oldroot/cdrom/os. If you're doing > that manually, you'll also want to create a 'ver' file that > contains astlinux-0.6.X. > > The .img.gz file is an image file that is only used for the > initial installation. It must be dd'd to the hard drive. > > > > > To clarify - I'm not fussed about keeping it at 0.6.2. If I can get > > the ethernet ports back up and running, I'll upgrade to > 0.6.3 anyway. > > I just want a working box. > > > > Does this help at all? > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open > source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost > innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via > PayPal to [email protected]. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
