Le 12/04/2013 21:03, Brian Platt a écrit : > > >> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:31:23 +0200 >> From: drea...@doukki.net >> To: brianpl...@hotmail.com >> CC: debian-arm@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Debian on thecus N2100 >> >> Hi Brian, >> >> Le 10/04/2013 14:41, Brian Platt a écrit : >> > I'm tring to install debian on the Thecus N2100 using the instructions >> > from http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/ however when formatting the >> > partitions the bar goes up to 33% (I know it can take ages for the bar to >> > update) as expected however for some reason after a few minutes hard disk >> > activity stops and eventually the network connection is dropped. It seems >> > someone had a similar problem here >> > http://blog.coldtobi.de/1_coldtobis_blog/archive/171_installing_debian_on_the_thecus_n2100_--_part_3_--_installing_debian.html >> > . I've tried raid non raid single and dual drives, manual and guided >> > setup and it always fails. I've also tried the ssh connection via putty >> > and via linux terminal. I thought it was hardware problem so bought >> > another one with new drivers etc and still the problem exists. >> > >> > Anyone got any ideas what could be going on? >> >> I have few thecus N2100 working 24/24 7/7 while following my notes[1] (2 >> years old) about debianized Thecus-N2100. >> >> May be you can try to plug a serial console for debugging the issue you seem >> to encounter. >> >> Regards, >> drEagle >> >> [1] https://doukki.net/doku.php?id=wiki:notes:n2100 >> > >> I've soldered a serial header and using the pin outs "You only need to >> connect pin 2 (RX), pin 3 (TX) and pin 5 (GND)" > > > shouldn't VCC go >> somewhere? i'm using a PL2303 USB to TTL RS232 converter or will it not work >> with ie just a normall >> serial cable? > > update i've managed to get output but it's all random symbols i'm using > 115220 8N1 and i've resolver the header about 20 times and still the same
Hi Brian, As far as I remember, you need to connect to serial console before switching on the thecus. If you connect too late, the comunnication may be corrupted.
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