That is understandably so. I believe it is freezing now due to difference in hardware.
Blake On 11-03-10 04:02 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > 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 -- _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
