General Questions • NAS hangs every now and then when booting

Hello,

Can maybe someone explain to me, what exactly happens after "initial ramdisk.." is displayed?

The kernel boots the operating system from the initramfs (as "root" disk) then it changes the root file system to the "final" root disk partition.

Or does anybody know some commands or switches, that might give more logging output directly after "initial ramdisk..."

You may:

• check/share system logs searching for clues
• start (from grub) the operating system (Debian) in recovery mode (to check if the boot success/failure ratio is the same)
• replace the "quiet" with the "debug" kernel parameter (using grub)
• also add the "nomodeset" kernel parameter together with the "debug"

According to [1], your NAS has with 1 GB RAM. It may be worth having a look at Debian 12 memory and disk space requirements and what can be done about it [2].

The Debian Wiki gives some advices about initramfs debugging [3]

Hope this helps. Please let me know.

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[1] https://www.qnap.com/it-it/product/ts-259%20pro+/specs/hardware
[2] Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide - Chapter 2. System Requirements > 2.5. Memory and Disk Space Requirements
[3] Debian Wiki - InitramfsDebug

Statistics: Posted by Aki — 2024-03-30 16:15 — Replies 2 — Views 118

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