Wim, Glad to be of service. Please let us know if you run into any other snags.
Eric Kiser > -----Original Message----- > From: Wim Acke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:37 PM > To: Eric B Kiser; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Save Zebra config fails > > Eric and Eric, > > Thanks for your quick responses ! > I tried again today, and suddenly everything is working fine ?! Probably > the > problem was indeed caused by a full ram filesystem yesterday, since I was > testing with lots of logging active at that time (which I switched off > now...). I didn't check with 'df' at that time. > > Thanks again for your replies. > > Best regards, > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric B Kiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 16 december 2003 5:01 > To: 'Wim Acke'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Save Zebra config fails > > > Hi Wim, > > The command you are using to back-up the configuration was built based on > the idea of working with a standard distribution of either Linux or *BSD. > Where the OS, applications, etc. are stored on a hard drive and are > running > in RAM. When making modifications to the configuration through the CLI you > are modifying the running configuration in RAM and when you save those > changes to startup the changes are saved to the *.conf files on the hard > drive. > > LEAF distro's work a little different. When you boot from the floppy the > OS, > applications, etc. are uncompressed and written to a RAM drive and then > your > system starts up by loading what it needs into your remaining RAM. > > Having said that, on a box running Bering uClibc, when you modify the > running configuration you are moding what is in RAM. When you save to > startup you are moding what is stored in the RAM drive based on the config > that is currently in RAM. This would only be read if you then stopped and > restarted the service. If you then want the router to be able to reboot > from > the floppy you would need to backup /etc from the backup menu. This takes > all of the changes made to files under /etc and writes them down to disk > from the RAM drive. > > On the other hand, if you are saying that commands issued from the CLI are > not successfully modifying the appropriate *.conf file in the RAM drive > there is another problem. Before I open that can of worms please respond > to > the list and let us know if this solved your problem. > > Regards, > Eric Kiser > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:leaf-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wim Acke > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:20 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [leaf-user] Save Zebra config fails > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm experimenting with Bering uClibc and the Zebra package. > > When i try to save the ospfd configuration from the vty (with 'write' or > > 'copy running-config startup-config', I get the message "Configuration > > save > > to /etc/zebra/ospfd.conf". But when i check this file, it is still the > > default one, so it seems nothing is saved. > > > > Am I doing something wrong ? Any suggestions ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Wim > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for > IBM's > > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys > admin. > > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
