Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Hi Del, > > * Del Merritt <[email protected]> [2009-09-23 21:53]: > >> I mentioned that I have a "good" Lenny slug. I'm hoping there's a >> clever way for me to flash its vmlinuz (and anything else from the >> good Lenny install) to the former-Etch slug. >> > > There is, although it remains to be seen whether it will help. >
Well, as you (implicitly) predicted, that didn't help. Since the HDD is still quite mountable, I did an: % find bin boot etc initrd lib sbin sys usr -ls in / on both machines. I then whipped up a little script to compare the results, looking for common (and not) files and, when common, if the sizes matched. A daunting number are different or only on one or the other. *sigh* So I'll copy my "important" files off of the / partition and then try one of the "don't blow away my existing partitions" methods of a fresh lenny install. I had hoped to avoid this, just 'cuz, but the full install - once I'm done with all the backups, just in case - is pretty quick. And I still need to turbo the beast. So many projects; so little time. Thanks for the suggestions, though. -Del > You can make a copy of your good machine with: > cat /dev/mtdblock? > backup > > and then upload that to your broken machine with: > upslug2 -U -i backup > > >> I'm open to other suggestions; I haven't tried (yet) plugging my >> etch->lenny disk to the good lenny box; aside from MAC address and >> IP address, is there system-specific information in the flashed >> data? >> > > The IP address is actually stored on disk, not in flash (at least in > case the Debian). See /etc/network/interfaces > > The MAC address is not stored in flash either. However, the udev > rules will mention the MAC address to ensure it always uses the same > network name. So when you plug your disk into the other NSLU2 you'll > have to adapt /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > > Apart from that, it should work fine. > > >> In fact, I happen to have a third slug - still in box - and I'd love >> to have a clever way to clone one of the other two without having to >> go through the full Debian Installer (or the even slower aptitude >> [full|safe]-upgrade process). >> > > It's actually pretty easy to clone a NSLU2: > > - tar up the whole disk and untar it to another disk with the same > disk partition layout. > - Edit /etc/network/interfaces (in case it has a static IP, rather > than DHCP) > - Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > - Make a copy of flash (as above) and write it to the other > device (again, as above). > > It's on my TODO list to write a HOWTO describing how to clone a NSLU2 > but I'm not sure when I'll find the time. > > >> Sorry for a long first post here; I've had worry-free slug operation >> in the past, and thought I had the ducks in a row. Thanks for any >> ideas, >> > > No problem. I hope you get it working. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
