Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Steve Morris wrote:
>> Thanks Col, I am using the 2.6.24 kernel. I can't use the later
>> kernels because of wireless mouse failures with the 25 kernel, and
>> nvidia dkms compile issues with the 26 kernel. I was able to copy the
>> 4 files off the flash disk by copying each file individually. In
>> order to check where the issue might be when the light was
>> continually flashing I returned the system to kdm, and the light was
>> still flashing. I then told kdm to reboot, and the light was still
>> flashing all the way through the shutdown process right to the final
>> unmount process, where it had 3 attempts to unmount the flashdisk
>> without success whereupon it shutdown over the top of the flashdisk.
>> When you say to include the usb modules, do you mean the hardware
>> driver for the usb port or do you mean to try to determine the driver
>> the system decided to use when it automounted the flashdisk?
>
> As this is cooker, in order to help debug you are expected to be able
> to use things at a fairly low level. Not using the lastest kernel and
> reporting a potential bug that has a high possibility of being kernel
> related is not particularly helpful. Not having a mouse or a graphical
> display is not blocker to copying files to a USB stick.
>
> You can do this via a terminal at runlevel 1. No mouse, no graphical
> display, just a keyboard. Replicate the problem on your current setup
> in this way and then try and replicate it with the latest kernel, and
> the 2008.1 kernel and let us know your results.
>
> You may have to manually mount devices to do this but this is not hard.
>
> When you list the modules, you shoudl include the filesystem modules
> (e.g. vfat, ext3 etc.) and the physical drivers used for your usb
> system (e.g. ehci_hcd, uhci_hcd etc.)
>
> HTHs
>
> Col
>
Thanks Col, I guess I will have to bite the bullet and wear the
stupidity of having to boot off a rescue disk to get a workable system
back again after migrating to the libpata based newer kernels.

regards,
Steve