Could be a file system check. Leave it alone over night and see what happens. I can't see anything wrong with your fstab. If it's not fsck, you may need a serial console.
B Sent from my nexus 7 On Sep 2, 2012 4:57 PM, "Brian Platt" <brianpl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Did I make a mistake on the below fstab as slug no longer boots > > ------------------------------ > From: brianpl...@hotmail.com > To: debian-arm@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Running on usb flash > Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:56:39 +0100 > > Thanks > > I've added > > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/sda2 / ext3 errors=remount-ro,noatime 0 1 > /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 0 2 > /dev/sda6 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 0 2 > /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 > > to fstab, is it worth minimzing or disabling swap? > > I've just bought some decent fast kingston drives, like you say it's not > worth the risk using cheap drives. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 22:03:20 +0200 > Subject: Re: Running on usb flash > From: bjohv...@gmail.com > To: brianpl...@hotmail.com > CC: debian-arm@lists.debian.org > > I've run several devices from usb flash for years and have always followed > the advice of Martin Michlmayr to use -noatime. Through the years I've had > a few crashes, but they have consistently been on cheap usb devices. My > advice is to use noatime and sandisk memory, other measures give little in > return. > /B > (Skickat från min mobiltelefon, därför kanske något kortfattat.) > On Sep 1, 2012 9:55 PM, "Brian Platt" <brianpl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm running lenny on my nslu2 on a usb flash stick and found a few guides > on how to reduce wear and tear on it but not sure which ones are upto > date/relevant. Could someone have a look at these and let me know what ones > I should be doing is seems ott to do them all. > > http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/linux-on-flash.html > > http://wiki.pcprobleemloos.nl/my_debian_linux_on_the_nslu2_installation_and_configuration_guide/#preventing_flash_writes_reduce_wear_on_flash_memory > http://www.rawsontetley.org/ref_slug.html > > >