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Damn Lightning! Need Help
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Posted by: SRyan2k1

My sony sat-t60 was hit by lightning :( the modem is shot and it wont boot past the almost there screen. If anyone has a drive image i would really appreciate it! email me or pm me spencer@xboxshots.com
thanks!
-spencer

Posted by: controlio

Do you know what the problem is? It could be a hardware issue. See where in rc.sysinit it's hanging.

Assuming you have a shell on your unit, put this up near the top of your rc.sysinit file (right under the path setting will do just fine):

exec < /dev/ttyS3 &> /dev/ttyS3

...then put this at the bottom of your rc.sysinit file:

bash --login

(Make sure that you take out any other bash lines you may have put in rc.sysinit!)

That will spit out status information to your terminal program. See where exactly your unit is barfing. If you cooked something in hardware, all the drive images in the world won't bring your unit back. Might as well check and be sure before you waste your time.

Posted by: SRyan2k1

k thanks, i havent opened this one yet (got it at christmas) so ill find my trusty torix and open it :) thanks for the help
-spencer

Posted by: embeem

should be ...
exec < /dev/ttyS3 &> /dev/ttyS3
bash --login

Posted by: SRyan2k1

im pretty sure its dead, in the rc.sysinit i see this
if [ $panic -ne 0 ] ; then
case $panic in
169)
echo "Kickstart code 5 2 - emergency reinstall"
export EMERGENCY_REINSTALL=1
;;
is there a way i can force it to do a reinstall?
-spencer

Posted by: SRyan2k1

ok screw it, its dead (WHY!!!!!!!) umm in the rc.sysinit it has
# Check for panic signal
echo "Checking for Kickstart panic signal"

checkpanic

panic=$?
export EMERGENCY_REINSTALL=0
do_mfs_assert=0
do_mfs_cleanup=0

if [ $panic -ne 0 ] ; then
case $panic in
169)
echo "Kickstart code 5 2 - emergency reinstall"
export EMERGENCY_REINSTALL=1
;;
174)
echo "Kickstart code 5 7 - force MFS check"
do_mfs_assert=1
;;
175)
echo "Kickstart code 5 8 - perform MFS cleanup"
do_mfs_cleanup=1
;;
*)
kickstart $panic
reboot
;;
esac
fi
i changed export EMERGENCY_REINSTALL=0 at the top to =1 and still nothing, so i have a fried t60 and a new 40GB quantum fireball for my server and i lost a friend :( o well time to get a series 2 :)
-spencer