I have now upgraded my nslu2 successfully. There was only one hiccup. The minimal system upgrade went fine, as well as kernel and udev upgrades.
During the dist-upgrade, I left the ssh/screen session unattended. When I came back, I could see that the process had completed without any obvious errors, since the '#' prompt was visible. But unfortunately ssh had disconnected (in Putty, the last output on the terminal is still visible even if the connection has dropped). I could not reconnect. I could ping the machine. Since I don't have a serial console, I crossed my fingers and pulled the plug. After that the system booted just fine. aptitude indicates that the upgrade has performed flawlessly. My guess is that the upgrade somehow left sshd in an error state and that the reboot fixed it. If anyone is interested in logs or whatever, just shout. I can't find anything interesting and the system works. So I'm happy. /Björn On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 20:06, Groug <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 22:33 -0800, Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 03:38, Groug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 12:29 -0800, Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > >> > Success at last ! > > >> > > > >> > I had to turn MODULES=dep to MODULES=most in initramfs... This is > what I > > >> > had with dep: > > >> > > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko > > >> > > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/fs/nls/nls_base.ko > > >> > /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-ixp4xx/kernel/lib/crc-t10dif.ko > > >> > > > >> > I wonder what modules were missing... > > >> > > >> Can you send the output of lsmod. > > >> > > >> Gordon > > >> > > > > > > slug:~# uname -a > > > Linux slug 2.6.32-5-ixp4xx #1 Wed Jan 12 11:17:01 UTC 2011 armv5tel > > > GNU/Linux > > > slug:~# lsmod > > > Module Size Used by > > > nfsd 247600 13 > > > exportfs 3000 1 nfsd > > > nfs 270240 0 > > > lockd 63145 2 nfsd,nfs > > > fscache 34105 1 nfs > > > nfs_acl 2277 2 nfsd,nfs > > > auth_rpcgss 33326 2 nfsd,nfs > > > sunrpc 171100 12 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss > > > ext2 55395 1 > > > evdev 6582 0 > > > ixp4xx_beeper 1829 0 > > > ext3 110992 2 > > > jbd 37434 1 ext3 > > > mbcache 4860 2 ext2,ext3 > > > sd_mod 28508 5 > > > crc_t10dif 1106 1 sd_mod > > > usb_storage 34540 4 > > > scsi_mod 79498 2 sd_mod,usb_storage > > > ohci_hcd 16623 0 > > > ehci_hcd 35213 0 > > > ixp4xx_eth 9990 0 > > > ixp4xx_npe 5705 2 ixp4xx_eth > > > ixp4xx_qmgr 4553 6 ixp4xx_eth > > > libphy 14724 1 ixp4xx_eth > > > usbcore 111083 4 usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd > > > nls_base 5367 1 usbcore > > > > > > No ums-* modules around... > > > > > > FYI, my USB drive is > http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11571 > > > > I'm really not sure why your system wasn't booting. It seems like it > > must have been due to a missing kernel module, but I don't see an > > important one that was missing. It's a pity we couldn't find the > > cause. > > > > Gordon > > > > Hi Gordon, > > I've spent some time testing and it appears I need only one extra module > to boot: ohci_hcd... > > Thanks for support. > > -- > -Groug- > > "Etre français est-ce que c'est devoir parler français, > chanter la Marseillaise, lire la lettre de Guy Môquet ? > Ça c'est être con !" -- Eric Cantona > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
