From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rudy Zijlstra Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 fails to boot. Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:46:14 +0100 Message-ID: <4D488D36.2000208@grumpydevil.homelinux.org> References: <26.D7.19545.BDE784D4@cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <26.D7.19545.BDE784D4@cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: lrhorer@satx.rr.com Cc: 'Linux RAID' List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 02/01/2011 10:44 PM, Leslie Rhorer wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rudy Zijlstra [mailto:rudy@grumpydevil.homelinux.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:02 PM >> To: lrhorer@satx.rr.com >> Cc: 'Linux RAID' >> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 fails to boot. >> >> On 02/01/2011 09:52 PM, Leslie Rhorer wrote: >> >>>> On 02/01/2011 09:23 PM, Leslie Rhorer wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> doesn't boot, either. It gives a bit more detail in the output, but >>>>> >>>>> >>>> nothing >>>> >>>> >>>>> illuminating. The old kernel (2.6.32-3-amd64) boots just fine. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Can you enable serial console and catch the console output that way? >>>> >>>> >>> Well, not easily. I don't have a serial terminal. I suppose I >>> could set something up. You're suggesting I poke around to see what md >>> >> is >> >>> reporting? Also, I'm not sure why - if the keyboard console is failing >>> >> - >> >>> the serial console would work better. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Serial console can be captured to a file and then the output analysed. >> So you can read afterwards the messages that are flying past. >> >> What i do in such case, is that i take serial connector from a laptop, >> and run a terminal emulater like minicom. And capture it to a file so i >> can analyse what has been happening. >> > Yeah, I don't think there is anything pertinent prior to the md > failures, but it might be worth a shot. I don't have a laptop, but I do > have another server sitting right below the one in question. The main > problem is, neither one has a serial port. > > Network console? I could tell you how to setup serial console, but i've never done the network console