Hi everyone,
I'm experiencing an issue with my AllStar node (Node 63766) and would appreciate any advice.
The node powers on and the green PTT LED lights up when I key the radio, which suggests the hardware is at least partially booting. However:
• It does not emit any courtesy tone
• It does not appear on my router or DHCP lease list
• It does not respond to SSH
• All relevant ports appear closed when scanning the local network
• Power supply is confirmed stable and other devices (like my DMR hotspot) are working fine
I’ve inspected the SD card’s /boot partition on another system — it appears intact, with files like config.txt, cmdline.txt, and kernel.img present.
At this point, I suspect the system may be stuck early in the boot process or the ext4 partition may be corrupted.
Before I try flashing a new image, I’d like to know if anyone has experienced similar behavior or has tips on further diagnosis or recovery.
Thanks in advance!
73,
Jesús Pavón Abián – EA7LEE
Sorry for my english, is not my native language.
I would suggest putting a monitor on your Pi (assuming it's a Pi) and see what happens.
I thought about it, but I don't have a monitor and keyboard handy that I can connect. I think it'll be quicker to just reinstall the system. It really looks like the SD card got corrupted.
Sorry for the double post.
I have reinstalled the system on a new SD. It turns out that the SD card had broken.
Everything works fine except the connection to Echolink. The audio I receive sounds distorted. Oddly enough audio coming from other Allstar nodes is heard perfectly.