Boot problem: 5.19.2 Kirkwood package and Debian rootfs

I'm can't get Debian installed on my Pogoplug E02. Won't respond to ping. The u-boot install was done probably in 2017 for an Arch install.

My Arch installation was working great until support for ARMv5 stopped. Now the pogoplug boots Arch and fails to start sshd, so I can't login, but I can ping it.

I don't have a serial cable to watch u-boot messages.

I did the extraction of the Debian rootfs correctly and toggled the partition's boot flag. I have it mounted in a separate Ubuntu box right now.

/etc/network/interfaces is set to dhcp

If Arch can boot in the top USB port, why can't Debian?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/2022 11:09AM by wirelessben.

> If Arch can boot in the top USB port, why can't
> Debian?

Because my released u-boot is slightly different from Arch Linux ARM version.

See this Wiki thread

https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,23630

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Migration to Debian from Arch - Armv5 Kirkwood boards

See this topic

And serial console is required to get it boot successfully.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/2022 11:50AM by bodhi.

Thank you, Bodhi! Finally, I got it working.