>Well, so much for USB support in the NET4801. > >The stick is detected on boot up but not mounted. > >If I unplug it and then plug it back in after bootup when the system is >running then it gets detected and mounted as /dev/sda1. However, this >still doesn't allow me to make any writes other than directly >to /dev/sda1's files via the command prompt. > >Obviously I can't be re-plugging the USB stick every time there's a >power cut. > >Mark > > >On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 10:41 -0400, Mark Phillips wrote: >> I think that the OS is NOT picking up the USB stick for it's own use. >> >> I'll try the /dev/hda approach rather than /dev/sda but I thought the >> whole point of using s CF card and USB combo was that the CF card was >> write cycle limited as well as pretty slow. >> >> Have I spotted an "undocumented feature" here? >> >> Mark >> >> >> On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 09:20 -0500, Darrick Hartman wrote: >> > Mark, >> > >> > >> > Mark Phillips wrote: >> > > Hi Darrick, >> > > >> > > Yes, I have rebooted a number of times. >> > > >> > > I get this when I issue your command; >> > > >> > > pbx ~ # findfs LABEL=asturw >> > > findfs: Unable to resolve 'LABEL=asturw' >> > > pbx ~ # >> > > >> > > I'm running a 1gb CF card and a 512mb USB stick in a NET4801. >> > >> > >> > If findfs wasn't able to find the label, it's not going to mount your >> > unionfs partition. >> > >> > Are you certain that you rebooted after creating the unionfs partition? >> > (ie fdisk /dev/hda ; create new partition bla bla reboot) > > > > > > Then after rebooting 'genunion /dev/hda2' > > > > > > I don't know how well the usb thumb drive will work for the unionfs > > > partition. I haven't tested it. If you have a 1GB CF card, you have a >> > large amount of space available on that card for your unionfs partition. >> > I strongly recommend using that and not using the usb thumb drive. >> > >> > > The genunion script appears to run correctly. It doesn't bail out with >> > > any errors or bitch about things it can't find. >> > > >> > > With the "old" 0.4 images etc one had to choose from a menu at boot time >> > > which told Astlinux what partitions to use for what purposes. I don't >> > > see this menu anymore. Should there be one? >> > >> > With new images, the initrd is able to auto detect the unionfs and key >> > disk (if present) partitions based on the file system labels. These are >> > then mounted at boot time. >> > >> > Darrick >> > >> > > On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 08:55 -0500, Darrick Hartman wrote: >> > >> Mark Phillips wrote: >> > >>> OK, I have runnix installed and also AstLinux too but I >>can't get it to >> > >>> write anything down. >> > >>> >> > >>> I've run genunion and it makes a keydisk of sorts but doesn't mount it >> > >>> anywhere so as to write to it (that I can see anyhow). >>Whenever I try to >> > >>> change the root password it fails to write to /etc/shadow. >> > >>> >> > >>> Writes through the web interface fail also. >> > >>> >> > >>> As far as I can see I've gone through the entire howto-ish. I realise >> > >>> that it's a work in progress. >> > >>> >> > >>> Any help etc would be greatly appreciated. >> > >>> >> > >>> Thanks >> > >>> >> > >>> Mark >> > >>> >> > >> Mark, >> > >> >> > >> Have you rebooted since running genunion? >> > >> >> > >> To make sure the unionfs partition was created properly, do >>the following: >> > >> >> > >> findfs LABEL=asturw >> > >> >> > >> If you're not getting a partition as a result of that query, you don't >> > >> have a unionfs partition. >> > >> >> > >> Darrick >> > >-- > > > >Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O >Randolph, NJ
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