iacchi ha scritto: > I'll let you know if everything was fine or if I need some more info.
Ok, I definitely need some more info. I've started to write a text file describing the recovery process. Right now it's only an unordered list, but I'll make a doc out of it. I'm pasting it here - can you read it and then answer the questions I have at the end? TS-11x recovery - create a recovery image - * Follow instructions at http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-119/recovery/ to create a recovery image with a Debian installer inside (i.e. substitute mtd1 and mtd2 with the kernel and initrd downloaded from the Debian website). If you made backups of mtds after Debian was installed in the nas, use those instead of the one of the Debian installer. - install a dhcp and a tftp server on a machine - * install both server * put the recovery image in the root of the tftp server * if possible, connect the nas directly to the dhcp/tftp server machine, otherwise configure your machine with a static address and switch off your router's dhcp server so the one on your machine will be used instead - discover the nas mac address - * switch off the nas if it's on * press the reset button, keep it pressed, switch on the nas, stop pressing the reset button when you hear two short beeps * look for dhcpdiscover messages in /var/log/syslog on your machine to find out the nas mac address * switch off the nas again - configure the dhcp server and start recovering - * write dhcpd.conf as described in the link above using the mac address you've discovered * switch on again the nas in recovery mode pressing the reset button * wait until ti makes other two short beeps, it means that it has found the tftp server and loaded the recovery image - connect to the Debian installer - * follow instructions on this page: http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/installer-flash-kernel to connect to the debian installer and load a shell First question: the guide in the link just above assumes that / and /boot are in two separate partitions, while I have them in the same one. Should I only mount /dev/sda1 as / and that's it? In my case I won't have to refer to the /boot directory in any way, because it's already inside / in /dev/sda1, right? Second question: the guide just says "make modifications to the system and regenerate the initramfs" because you can do pretty much everything there. But... what should I do? How do I flash a working kernel? This is what I thought: 1. Flash the kernel and initram contained in the Debian installer - how? Will it work? 2. Flash the last working kernel of Debian testing - how? Or, better, I know how: I have to wget the .deb files of the working kernel and initram and install them with dpkg, then launch flash-kernel (with special parameters?). But how can I find these .deb files? can I look in the apt cache directory to see if they're still there? Can I download them from the Debian repositories? Does Debian keep a copy of older kernels/deb in general online? I've never found them. 3. What else? Third question: after I've managed to flash a working kernel and initram, should I still give the command "update-initramfs -u" as the guide says? Or will it be redundant/unuseful at this point? Four: if all of the above goes right, when I reboot will I have my system back as it was before the problem? With all my data/programs/system accessible as it was before? Or there will be other steps to perform before I can go back using it? thank you for all your help, Iacopo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
