Pogoplug won't boot...how do I reinstall?

[rickstone]

I've set up Arch on an external HD and all has been working fine for the past year or so. The power went out the other day and I hadn't had a chance to fix the kernel issue yet (where Pacman couldn't be upgraded, etc.). Now the Pogoplug won't boot at all. I'm not quite sure at which point of the instructions to start in order to reinstall. Also, if this even works, I'd really like to keep my settings and installed packages (if that's even possible).

I'm still pretty much a noob with regard to Arch (not Linux in general, though), but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[moonman]

hook up the hard drive to any other linux box and do a fylesystem check. Most likely the rootfs is corrupt as ext2 is very prone to corruption

[rickstone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'h')ook up the hard drive to any other linux box and do a fylesystem check. Most likely the rootfs is corrupt as ext2 os very prone to corruption

[moonman]

What device do you have? Any chance for netconsole or serial?

[rickstone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'W')hat device do you have? Any chance for netconsole or serial?

[WarheadsSE]

Alright, look at the bottom of the device, and tell us what the model number is.

[rickstone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'A')lright, look at the bottom of the device, and tell us what the model number is.

[WarheadsSE]

The simple answer is format & extract the latest rootfs tarball, as root (not! sudo, but sudo su if necessary), onto your USB drive. Save anything you want from it, of course, and especially your configuration files.

[rickstone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'T')he simple answer is format & extract the latest rootfs tarball, as root (not! sudo, but sudo su if necessary), onto your USB drive. Save anything you want from it, of course, and especially your configuration files.

[WarheadsSE]

Not a problem.

The boot loaders are in NAND, so that's not an issue.

You will want to use a tar command to extract the rootfs to the base of the newly formatted USB drive.