> -----Original Message----- > From: Rudy Zijlstra [mailto:rudy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:02 PM > To: lrhorer@xxxxxxxxxxx > 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
