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
>
>
>

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