Could you try and boot across the network and then try telnet. I think the N2100 will have an network boot option.
Thanks, Sujit On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > My Thecus N2100 ran well for years. Then, the hard disk failed. > (I know the HD failed because I plugged it in to a desktop and it > made the same banging noise that it did when it was plugged into > the N2100.) To prepare to install a new hard disk, I tried > arping/telnet approach as per: > > http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/telnet.html > > but telnet times out: > > # arping -f 192.168.1.100 && telnet 192.168.1.100 9000 > ARPING 192.168.1.100 from 192.168.55.3 eth0 > Unicast reply from 192.168.1.100 [00:14:FD:30:2E:24] 12.252ms > Sent 23 probes (23 broadcast(s)) > Received 1 response(s) > Trying 192.168.1.100... > telnet: connect to address 192.168.1.100: Connection timed out > > Any suggestions? > > --John > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- -- Sujit K M blog(http://kmsujit.blogspot.com/) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

