RE: Kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 fails to boot.

["Leslie Rhorer" <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rudy Zijlstra [mailto:rudy@grumpydevil.homelinux.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:46 PM
> To: lrhorer@satx.rr.com
> Cc: 'Linux RAID'
> Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 fails to boot.
> 
> 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

	Me either.  I tired to do a Google search, but I think the words
"network", "console", and "boot" are too common to return practical results,
even when combined with "initrd".  I waded through a ton of results, but
couldn't find a tutorial on how to enable a network console in the initrd.