At this stage it looks to me like a strange problem with USB which uBoot can somehow overcome (since netconsole shows that it loads the kernel and uInitrd from USB), but the linux kernel cannot.
I want to stress again that thios system was working a few days ago, and I verfied (using a backup that I have) that the original kernel and inird files are intact and the same, so to me it is almost certain this is a hardware problem.
As to the original pogo firmware, I can connect to ssh, but it does not accept root/ceadmin, and when I go to the website I'm not entirly sure they can see my plug. I do not have the option to change password, and the website does not recognize any external disks I connect....
So it looks like I'm stuck ...
If you have any other ideas, let me know
Thanks for your help
Shai