> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:31:23 +0200
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Debian on thecus N2100
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Le 10/04/2013 14:41, Brian Platt a écrit :
> > I'm tring to install debian on the Thecus N2100 using the instructions from
> > http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/ however when formatting the
> > partitions the bar goes up to 33% (I know it can take ages for the bar to
> > update) as expected however for some reason after a few minutes hard disk
> > activity stops and eventually the network connection is dropped. It seems
> > someone had a similar problem here
> > http://blog.coldtobi.de/1_coldtobis_blog/archive/171_installing_debian_on_the_thecus_n2100_--_part_3_--_installing_debian.html
> > . I've tried raid non raid single and dual drives, manual and guided setup
> > and it always fails. I've also tried the ssh connection via putty and via
> > linux terminal. I thought it was hardware problem so bought another one
> > with new drivers etc and still the problem exists.
> >
> > Anyone got any ideas what could be going on?
>
> I have few thecus N2100 working 24/24 7/7 while following my notes[1] (2
> years old) about debianized Thecus-N2100.
>
> May be you can try to plug a serial console for debugging the issue you seem
> to encounter.
>
> Regards,
> drEagle
>
> [1] https://doukki.net/doku.php?id=wiki:notes:n2100
>
I've soldered a serial header and using the pin outs "You only need to connect
pin 2 (RX), pin 3 (TX) and pin 5 (GND)" shouldn't VCC go somewhere? i'm using a
PL2303 USB to TTL RS232 converter or will it not work with ie just a normall
serial cable?
