A follow up on an old problem. I have resisted upgrading my Sheevaplug to 2.6.32-2 because of the problem recorded below - I didn't want to do it until I knew I could spare the time.
Last weekend my Sheevaplug died (broken PSU apparently). I've bought a new one and transferred the system over. Whilst I was at it I thought I should finally do that kernel upgrade. Exactly the same problem again - the new kernel won't boot with the boot loader complaining about "Bad Magic Number". This time however the renaming trick didn't work. I've gone backwards and forwards a few times but it just won't boot with the new 2.6.32-2 uImage and uInitrd. I've had to rename them out of the way and put the 2.6.30-2 ones back. Note that this is a completely new Sheevaplug and it exhibits exactly the same symptoms as its predecessor. John -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Upgrading kernel on Sheevaplug requires SD card to be removed and re-inserted Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:46:41 +0000 From: John Winters <[email protected]> To: [email protected] I reported earlier problems when I first upgraded the kernel on my Sheevaplug (running from an 8G SDHC card). After the new kernel had been installed (and flash-kernel run manually) the plug wouldn't boot. That time I moved the card to a different machine, renamed back to the old kernel and booted successfully. The odd thing was, when I reversed the process (again removing the card) I found I could boot the new kernel too. I've just upgraded to the latest 2.6.30-2 and again, the machine wouldn't boot the new kernel. I'm trying to cut down the recovery process to a minimum. What I did this time was: Move card to laptop Rename to old kernel Card back to plug Boot old kernel (2.6.30-1) Rename back to new kernel Re-boot and all is hunky It seems to be something to do with either needing the card to be physically removed from the box before it will boot a new kernel (firmware caching part of the kernel image?) or the need for a rename. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
