You should run `sync` after doing that kind of i/o. I bet half the bits were still in the buffer flushing out by the time you yanked the usb. On Apr 18, 2013 1:49 PM, "Robert Moskowitz" <r...@htt-consult.com> wrote:
> Per: > > fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Architectures/ARM/F18/GuruPlug<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F18/GuruPlug> > > I just downloaded the image again from: > > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/**pub/fedora-secondary/releases/** > 18/Images/arm/Fedora-18-**kirkwood-arm.img.xz<http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/18/Images/arm/Fedora-18-kirkwood-arm.img.xz> > > This time I took a 4Gb usb drive I got from MicroCenter that still had a > FAT partition. On my F18 notebook as root, I ran: > > xzcat Fedora-18-kirkwood-arm.img.xz > /dev/sdc1 > > I removed the drive, put it in a different usb port, and my notebook > (which is running gnome on f18) would not open it in Nautilus. I kind of > assumed that this was suppose to be a readable partition. So I brought up > Disk Manager, and it showed the drive still having a MSDOS FAT partition > with unknown content. My previous attempt was with a 8Gb usb drive that > had a ext3 partition, and now still has that partition with unknown > content. Note below that the pogoplug boot things it is seeing an ext2 > partition on the drive. > > So what now? Is the image bad? Is that the wrong command on F18 (note > that the nc options on > http://forum.doozan.com/read.**php?3,14,14<http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,14,14>are > wrong for F18)? Is the image totally non-workable on the plug and I > should instead use the f17 image at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Architectures/ARM/Kirkwood#** > Writing_the_Image<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Kirkwood#Writing_the_Image> > > ? > > Help? > > On 04/18/2013 10:51 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Bad USB drive, I built it with xzcat on a F18 notebook. See below >> >> On 04/17/2013 10:24 PM, Scott Sullivan wrote: >> >>> On 04/17/2013 09:11 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>>> Any advise on what to do next? I really think it has to do with which >>>> usb port I am using. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> So I do recall from back when the Pogoplug was new there were many folks >>> having issues with some USB drive just not being recognized during uboot. >>> >>> Since it looks you got the new uboot installed, I would now try using a >>> netconsole to see if you can get any extra information about why it's >>> booting into the Pogoplug linux. >>> >>> http://forum.doozan.com/read.**php?3,14,14<http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,14,14> >>> >>> This thread mentions the dockstar, which is just the same basic hardware >>> in a different configuration. Same principle applies. >>> >>> U-Boot 2011.12 (Feb 20 2012 - 21:21:59) >> Pogoplug E02 >> arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 4.4.1 >> GNU ld (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 2.19.51.20090709 >> Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 >> (Re)start USB... >> USB: Register 10011 NbrPorts 1 >> USB EHCI 1.00 >> scanning bus for devices... 3 USB Device(s) found >> scanning bus for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found >> Loading file "/rescueme" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1) >> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem... >> ** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 ** >> reading /rescueme.txt >> >> ** Unable to read "/rescueme.txt" from usb 0:1 ** >> Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand0": >> 0x000002500000-0x000008000000 : "mtd=3" >> UBI: attaching mtd1 to ubi0 >> UBI: physical eraseblock size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB) >> UBI: logical eraseblock size: 129024 bytes >> UBI: smallest flash I/O unit: 2048 >> UBI: sub-page size: 512 >> UBI: VID header offset: 512 (aligned 512) >> UBI: data offset: 2048 >> UBI: attached mtd1 to ubi0 >> UBI: MTD device name: "mtd=3" >> UBI: MTD device size: 91 MiB >> UBI: number of good PEBs: 728 >> UBI: number of bad PEBs: 0 >> UBI: max. allowed volumes: 128 >> UBI: wear-leveling threshold: 4096 >> UBI: number of internal volumes: 1 >> UBI: number of user volumes: 0 >> UBI: available PEBs: 717 >> UBI: total number of reserved PEBs: 11 >> UBI: number of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 7 >> UBI: max/mean erase counter: 1/1 >> UBIFS error (pid 0): ubifs_get_sb: cannot open "ubi:rootfs", error -19 >> Error reading superblock on volume 'ubi:rootfs'! >> Loading file "uImage" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1) >> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem... >> ** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 ** >> ** Block device usb 1 not supported >> ** Block device usb 2 not supported >> ** Block device usb 3 not supported >> Loading file "uImage" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1) >> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem... >> ** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 ** >> Loading file "uInitrd" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1) >> Failed to mount ext2 filesystem... >> ** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 ** >> Wrong Image Format for bootm command >> ERROR: can't get kernel image! >> stopping USB.. >> ### JFFS2 loading 'uboot-original-mtd0.kwb' to 0x800000 >> Scanning JFFS2 FS: ........ done. >> ### JFFS2 load complete: 524288 bytes loaded to 0x800000 >> ## Starting application at 0x00800200 ... >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> arm mailing list >> arm@lists.fedoraproject.org >> https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/arm<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > arm mailing list > arm@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/arm<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm>
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