Did you verify that all hardware works properly, especially all physical memory? Can you run a memory test on the device?
On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 14:42 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > In 2009 I won a SheevaPlug as part of Hamakor Prize. At the time, I > made sure it was actually working (it wasn't at first. The problem > turned out to be that the MiniUSB cable that was bundled with the > device was too short to make contact with the MiniUSB connector inside > the device), and that I can connect to it, and that was it. > > A little while ago I picked it up again, and found out it wasn't > booting. I managed to bootstrap uboot on it (which i compiled from the > kirkwood git repository), and boot it into the bundled jffs2 Ubuntu > 9.04 image that came with it, using a kernel I compiled from git > (2.6.38-rc8, and later 2.6.38). So far, so good. > > Now I wanted to replace the image on it with Debian. I managed to > debootstrap debian onto a disk on key, but when I try to boot it, it > hangs during boot. I moved the image to a UBIFS image on the internal > nand, but the problem persist. I can boot into single user mode, and > everything works, but if I try to let the system boot completely, it > just hangs. > > Symptoms: > > * Pressing anything on the keyboard does not echo > * Magic sysrq key does not work (it does if I send the break > before the hang) > * The boot sequence starts a couple of the init processes, and > does not continue. > * The console is working. If I plug a disk on key, I see the > console message about it, and it detects the partitions on it > a second later. > I tried to connect via jtag and get a backtrace - the system is in the > cpu_idle routine - no panic and nothing out of the ordinary, except > that it is not doing what it was supposed to be doing at this point. > > I tried to remove the last loaded service from the startup. The result > is that it still loads two services and hangs (just, different > services). > > Now I'm stuck for idea as to what to try next. Anyone? -- What happens if one mixes together evolution with time travel to the past? See: http://www.zak.co.il/a/stuff/opinions/eng/evol_tm.html My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
