[Asterisk-Users] Cannot boot machine up after working on zaptel....

[Christoph Eicke]

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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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