On Mar 10, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > After I coppied the image to the cf it goes through grub and gets to : > > Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-486 ... > Loading initial ramdisk ... > > and that is where it freezes.
Okay, so not the same thing. If it was, it'd be one problem to troubleshoot, but that'd also mean it might be a bug in Debian, which would be harder to get fixed. I've dealt with some Debian Devs once or twice. While I love Debian for the stability, I have resolved to never, ever file bug reports in Debian again. It's not worth the grief and all too often they're more interested in closing out the bug than fixing it. (I know not all of them are like that, but I'm not taking more chances.) Hal > > Blake > > On 11-03-10 03:30 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: >> On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: >> >> ... >>> Hal: unfortunately the image for the net5501 will not work for the >>> net4521. It just freezes at loading initial ramdisk. >> Thanks for the feedback on that. I had no idea if that image would work for >> other Soekris hardware or not, and couldn't test it (without spending money, >> that is!). >> >> And now I'm wondering -- where does it freeze? Do you get the "ready" >> prompt, then a freeze? Or just the "loading initrd.gz" and a freeze? >> >> The reason I'm asking is because it may not be a console speed issue at all. >> It's possible it could be a hardware issue with initrd and the system >> net4521. >> >> >> Hal >> >>> Blake >>> >>> >>> On 11-03-10 02:38 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>>> On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote: >>>> >>>>> Something I've done from time to time is install to a virtualbox image, >>>>> then convert that image, and use dd to put the image into a flash card. >>>>> To me it was easier than having to set up PXE. Once made the image is >>>>> always available. and one dd to a flash disk and you're done. >>>>> >>>>> just a thought. >>>> That's about why I set up the image I created and I'm using. >>>> >>>> It may not be much to some, but since I'm moving away from computer work >>>> to do the stuff I really enjoy, dealing with changing settings on my DHCP, >>>> a tftp server, and so on, are a pain and I don't want to have to do that >>>> setup and dig out my serial cable again when I'm installing on new systems. >>>> >>>> But I created the image on the net5501 so the hardware would match other >>>> net5501 systems. Still, I won't need PXE and tftp again. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hal _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
