Re: extracting base.tgz hangs

[Ian Clark <mrrooster%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 7 May 2011 23:10, Emil Skoeldberg <esg%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost> wrote:
> On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 08:55:49PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>> On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 09:37:03PM +0000, Emil Skoeldberg wrote:
>> > 3) Is there anything I can do now? (except for trying to find a
>> > floppy/cdrom drive from which I can boot and do an upgrade)
>>
>> You can try to boot using rescue/ binaries:
>> at boot prompt, type 'boot -a'
>> when the kernel asks for init path, enter /rescue/init instead
>> of /sbin/init
>> then you may be able to recover/complete the upgrade using the tools
>> in /rescue
>
> No luck with this either unfortunately. I can enter boot/dump devices
> and file system, but when I'm prompted for init path the system hangs
> after I've entered the first character. Very useful to know though for
> the future.
>
Is it SMP? I was booting using -a recently and found keyboard input
veeerrrrryyyyy slllloooowwww
on my SMP box, this was when entering the root fs details, If I booted
using 'boot -1a' (to boot without ACPI and SMP) this went away.

It's prob a red herring, but worth a go I suppose.

Ian