On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, Robert Nelson wrote:
> >>
> >> Just the big difference between the 4gb/2gb "lxde" images and the 2gb
> >> "console" image is:
> >>
> >> lxde = g_multi
> >> console = g_ether
> >>
> >> where as g_ether doesn't work as nicely as g_multi, but i do get
> >> usb0/ethX link to show up on my debian workstation.
> >
> > hmmmm ... doesn't work on my fedora rawhide system, so i can at
> > least look around to see why not, figure out what's missing. no
> > technical reason g_ether shouldn't work here.
> >
> >> The only way to "properly" switch the console back to using g_multi
> >> correcly, would be to add the extra 100Mb fat partition (which the
> >> lxde images have by default). But the point of the console, was
> >> something small users can build off of, so that would be a waste..
> >
> > ok, i *know* i'm going to regret asking this, but i'm not at my dev
> > host right now so i'll ask ... why would "properly" switching console
> > back to using g_multi require the re-introduction of the FAT partition
> > (which i know you like to avoid). why does g_multi depend on that FAT
> > partition?
>
> Yeah, it doesn't depend on "FAT" it just requires a partition..
> However if that partition = root partition, in testing we found it
> would randomly corrupt things on the root partition.
>
> So it just needs a secondary non-mounted partition.. So to just
> properly use g_multi, i'd be forced to waste space on a 2nd
> partition in the console's "case"..
um ... what? that's just a bit disturbing, i was unaware of that. so
there's no *actual* necessity for a second partition for g_multi, it's
just to avoid this issue.
> I think the better solution is just to figure out why g_ether
> doesn't work like g_multi. ;)
i agree, i'll dig into that this weekend unless someone solves it
first.
rday
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