We won't slap you (well maybe with a fish...) You can safely put the astlinux-0.6.3-net5501.tar.gz contents in the os directory and you should be good to go. No need to wipe and start from scratch.
Darrick On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:43:42 +0000, Tom Chadwin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]. -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com Office: 920.547.4535 Cell: 920.901.3113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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].
