Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-09-24 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:49:43 +0200, Thomas Lange > said: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:10:46 +0200, Holger Parplies > said: >> don't the slots of card readers appear as sd* devices regardless of whether a >> card is

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-22 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:10:46 +0200, Holger Parplies w...@parplies.de said: don't the slots of card readers appear as sd* devices regardless of whether a card is actually inserted? Yes and no. They appear in as devices like /dev/sd* and also in /dev/disk/by-id even if no SD card is

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-20 Diskussionsfäden Holger Parplies
Hi, q...@vienna.at wrote on 2015-06-18 07:57:24 +0200 [Re: install to usb mass storage]: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:24:58AM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:48:38 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: Modifying line [1] to accept both disk and floppy

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:48:38 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: Modifying line [1] to accept both disk and floppy works. Yes, it's ugly but I'm not expecting to install any machines that have real floppy drives so I guess I should be safe. Ah, I see. The problem

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-17 Diskussionsfäden qwer
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:24:58AM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:48:38 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: Modifying line [1] to accept both disk and floppy works. Yes, it's ugly but I'm not expecting to install any machines that have real

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:44:29 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: Any ideas? The problem is now fixed. Since the class/*.sources scripts are executed in a subshell, you have to use $LOGDIR/additional.var for defining (or redefining) variables. Here's the fix

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:44:29 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: Hi Thomas, On 06/10/2015 05:19 PM, Thomas Lange wrote: $disklist is set via a call of set_disk_info in 20-hwdetect.source. After that the variable should be set. Nope, unfortunately it's not.

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-17 Diskussionsfäden Konrad, Martin
Hi Thomas, The problem is now fixed. Since the class/*.sources scripts are executed in a subshell, you have to use $LOGDIR/additional.var for defining (or redefining) variables. Unfortunately this does not fix the issue completely for me. Digging a bit deeper revealed that /proc/partitions

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-15 Diskussionsfäden Konrad, Martin
Hi Thomas, On 06/10/2015 05:19 PM, Thomas Lange wrote: $disklist is set via a call of set_disk_info in 20-hwdetect.source. After that the variable should be set. Nope, unfortunately it's not. Attached you find a slightly modified version of 20-hwdetect.source (loading kernel module usb_storage

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-10 Diskussionsfäden Konrad, Martin
Hi, I'm experiencing the same problem as Natxo reported on 12 Mar 2013. I'm trying to install an industrial CPU card using an SD card as disk (requires module usb_storage to be loaded). Adding usb_storage to $kernelmodules in class/20-hwdetect.source does NOT solve my problem. Adding a couple

Re: install to usb mass storage

2015-06-10 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:23:51 +, Konrad, Martin kon...@frib.msu.edu said: /proc/partitions contains: major minor #blocks name 80 30981120 sda However $disklist is empty. It is also empty in /tmp/fai/variables.log Where does FAI fill $disklist?

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Natxo Asenjo
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Lange la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:03 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: Kickstarting centos works to usb mass storage, FAI stops. /proc/partitions has the right info, but it stops. Does

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Steffen Grunewald
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 08:32:26AM +0100, Natxo Asenjo wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Lange la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:03 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: Kickstarting centos works to usb mass storage, FAI stops.

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Natxo Asenjo
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Steffen Grunewald steffen.grunew...@aei.mpg.de wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 08:32:26AM +0100, Natxo Asenjo wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Lange la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:03 +0100, Natxo Asenjo

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:58:01 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: Get the usb-storage module loaded earlier, before the disks are counted? how? Have a look at class/20-hwdetect.source. P.S.: Please do not cite too much if only a few lines are sufficient. -- regards

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-13 Diskussionsfäden Natxo Asenjo
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Thomas Lange la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de wrote: On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:58:01 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: Get the usb-storage module loaded earlier, before the disks are counted? how? Have a look at

install to usb mass storage

2013-03-12 Diskussionsfäden Natxo Asenjo
hi, when installing from pxe debian squeeze 32 to a pc with only a usb mass storage device I get this error: this system does not have a physical disk 1 Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/FAIBASE the content of this file is: # example of new config file for setup-storage # #

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-12 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:23:42 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: when installing from pxe debian squeeze 32 to a pc with only a usb mass storage device I get this error: this system does not have a physical disk 1 Using config file:

Re: install to usb mass storage

2013-03-12 Diskussionsfäden Natxo Asenjo
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Thomas Lange la...@informatik.uni-koeln.de wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:23:42 +0100, Natxo Asenjo natxo.ase...@gmail.com said: when installing from pxe debian squeeze 32 to a pc with only a usb mass storage device I get this error: this