[Angstrom-distro-users] Panic attack: update lost my modules!

[Juergen.Schinker]

David L. Johnson schrieb:
> Juergen.Schinker wrote:
>> David L. Johnson schrieb:
>>> Graeme Gregory wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need to flash 2.6.21 kernel as well, ipkg cannot install kernel for you 
>>>> its kept outside of the file system (Sharps Choice).
>>>>
>>>> Just follow original install procedures but dont put hdimage/initrd on the 
>>>> CF/SD card.
>>> Graeme:  I bow at your feet.  Ignore my previous follow-up.  What I 
>>> obviously had to do was to copy updater-sh and the appropriate zImage to 
>>> my CF card, then re-flash as if I was starting from scratch without the 
>>>   hdimage part.  I am now back in business.
>>>
>>> But it was not clear from the information I had that this step was 
>>> necessary.  To Justin:  As far as "normal" flashing procedures would go, 
>>> I don't think it says what those are beyond the initial flash.  Of 
>>> course it makes sense now, but it was somewhat opaque.
>>>
>>> Should I put what I learned somewhere, like the wiki?
>>>
>> and now you need the modules as well
>>
>> i wish i had a warning beforehand
> 
> I don't understand the comment about modules.  For me, the modules 
> updated fine, to the 2.6.21 branch, and the first boot with the new 
> kernel automatically ran, apparently, the necessary configurations, 
> since now modules.alias and related files are there, and they weren't 
> before, and nothing I did had any effect, since although I did not know 
> it, I was updating the 2.6.20.6 modules, although the kernel was not 
> finding them, probably because the link in /boot/ to zImage was aimed at 
> 2.6.21 (I'm guessing about that).
> 
> What went wrong with your modules, after you re-flashed?
> 
after reflash they could not be loaded hence no function
i had to copy the modules package manually to / and extract

i assume when yo uupdate the kernel without hdimage

you need the modules