asterisk users - Feb 2006 - Cannot boot machine up after working on zapt el....

What happens if you take out the Zaptel I/F's? If it boots, you can correct
whatever you did then replace them. 

hth

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From: Chris Earle (CBL) [mailto:cearle@cbltech.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:45 AM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cannot boot machine up after working on
zaptel....


Hi all,

hard for me to explain this, but it keeps happening on a number of machines

I attempt to upgrade zaptel, or do something to zaptel modules..... and then
I reboot the machine, and for whatever reason, it hangs on loading the
modules

Either the install wasn't complete, the zaptel modules settings are wrong,
whatever....
but the problem is now I can't get past the boot up and the machine is
basically lost

Is there any way to bypass the module load attempt or anything?

I've tried holding SHIFT down to get the LILO menu, and loading LinuxOLD,
but no go

I'm on Debian 2.4.18, with Zaptel 1.0.9.2

I understand that there was something wrong in the modules config, but
surely I should be able to bypass and get back in to fix it!

Any ideas greatly appreciated, as I would rather not have to use an old
clone drive and start over


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Thanks

Yeah, you would think so wouldn't you.....

Tried that , and still wouldn't boot

Really annoying..... beacuse I've been doing work with the zaptel drivers
and such and this happened once already...

Thanks for the suggestion,

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin Anderson" <ColinA@landmarkmasterbuilder.com>
To: "'Chris Earle (CBL)'" <cearle@cbltech.ca>;
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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Cannot boot machine up after working on
zaptel....

> What happens if you take out the Zaptel I/F's? If it boots, you can
correct
> whatever you did then replace them.
>
> hth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Earle (CBL) [mailto:cearle@cbltech.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:45 AM
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cannot boot machine up after working on
> zaptel....
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> hard for me to explain this, but it keeps happening on a number of
machines
>
> I attempt to upgrade zaptel, or do something to zaptel modules..... and
then
> I reboot the machine, and for whatever reason, it hangs on loading the
> modules
>
> Either the install wasn't complete, the zaptel modules settings are
wrong,
> whatever....
> but the problem is now I can't get past the boot up and the machine is
> basically lost
>
> Is there any way to bypass the module load attempt or anything?
>
> I've tried holding SHIFT down to get the LILO menu, and loading
LinuxOLD,
> but no go
>
> I'm on Debian 2.4.18, with Zaptel 1.0.9.2
>
> I understand that there was something wrong in the modules config, but
> surely I should be able to bypass and get back in to fix it!
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated, as I would rather not have to use an old
> clone drive and start over
>
>
> --
> Chris Earle
> System Solutions Specialist
>
>
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Boot up with this:

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

Mount the partition in question and remove the Zaptel module. Reboot, and
you should be good (except for Zaptel of course)

hth

-----Original Message-----
From: Christoph Eicke [mailto:christoph@geisterstunde.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:32 AM
To: Chris Earle (CBL); Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cannot boot machine up after working on
zaptel....


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On 28.02.2006, at 15:44, Chris Earle ((CBL)) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> hard for me to explain this, but it keeps happening on a number of  
> machines
>
> I attempt to upgrade zaptel, or do something to zaptel modules.....  
> and then
> I reboot the machine, and for whatever reason, it hangs on loading the
> modules
>
> Either the install wasn't complete, the zaptel modules settings are  
> wrong,
> whatever....
> but the problem is now I can't get past the boot up and the machine is
> basically lost
>
> Is there any way to bypass the module load attempt or anything?
>
> I've tried holding SHIFT down to get the LILO menu, and loading  
> LinuxOLD,
> but no go
>
> I'm on Debian 2.4.18, with Zaptel 1.0.9.2
>
> I understand that there was something wrong in the modules config, but
> surely I should be able to bypass and get back in to fix it!
>
> Any ideas greatly appreciated, as I would rather not have to use an  
> old
> clone drive and start over
Hi Chris,

How about you use a Live CD distribution and disable the loading of  
the driver in some config? Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with  
Debian, in Gentoo you would edit /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6 and  
then uncomment the line that loads the module.
You should then be able to boot "normally" and do what you have to do
in order to get it to work. Does this also happen when you load the  
driver using modprobe?

Christoph
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On 08:05, Tue 28 Feb 06, Colin Anderson wrote:
> I've tried holding SHIFT down to get the LILO menu, and loading
LinuxOLD,
> but no go
Do this, pick the kernel you want to load, and add: single
So in my laptops case it sais: Linux single

That will boot your pc into singleuser mode and it won't
enter the modprobe stage.
You can now remove the .ko file and reboot.

Good luck

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