[debian] won't boot

[Robin Paulson]

On 17 January 2011 21:21, Radek Polak <psonek2 at seznam.cz> wrote:
>> so, i put some symlinks in /boot (in the 2nd partition on the sd),
>> pointing to uImage, config and sysmap (in the first partition on the
>> sd). it still won't boot, and i'm a bit lost now.
>
> You can try hold POWER buttton when you are booting, qi will make kernel more
> verbose so you can see the actual error.

very verbose. but i don't know what i'm looking for, so kind of stuck

any suggestions? anything i can look for in a log (it's also moving
kind of fast)?

> Also please make sure you have append-GTA02 whith rootwait parameter on your
> SD card:
>
> cd /boot
> echo "console=tty0 loglevel=3 rootwait" > append-GTA02
>
> you can also try e.g. rootdelay=10 instead of rootwait.

i tried that, and still not getting anything. also, doesn't the debian
install script handle all that? i recall trying this over a year ago
and it worked flawlessly

-- 
robin

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