I know this isn't the first time the question has been asked but I'm at my wits end and if the solution is too arduous I'm trashing this nightmare of a device once and for all.
First, netconsole does not work. I was actually trying to get it working then it failed to boot (green blinking light forever).
Second, I have a usb to ethernet cable and wondered if I could hack this into a working serial cable (http://imgur.com/nUD2SAQ). If I need something with a special chip or whatever I'm trashing this thing.
Third, the USB drive I was using for boot seems to have been corrupted or is just bad. I tried cloning it to SATA in case that worked instead but nothing I tried would allow me to even make an image of the USB stick. Would my best option actually be to put alarm on a SATA drive and attempt to boot?