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Hardware and U-Boot firmware / Hardware / Re: Dead Plug?
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on: June 11, 2011, 04:52:16 AM
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Have the same issue too... any conclusion on your problem, as you don't seem yo have told us what happened finally. Thanks in advance.
FYI, my problem was a dead PSU module. Replacing it with a new one ordered from NewIT (out of warranty) fixed the issue. Hope this helps. |
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General Category / Success stories / Re: Managing a USB hard drive on the Plug
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on: March 27, 2010, 10:47:31 AM
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OK, I haven't found how to specify a custom moint point there, but at least the drive is mounted.
Actually, this can be done with symbolic links. I have : /mnt/backups -> /var/run/usbmount/IC35L080_AVVA07-0_1
/var/run/usbmount/IC35L080_AVVA07-0_1 -> /media/usb0 So my disk "IC35L080_AVVA07" is supposed to be reachable through /mnt/backups upon reboot... Not perfect, but avoids hacking away some scripts/rules ;-) |
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General Category / Success stories / Re: Managing a USB hard drive on the Plug
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on: March 22, 2010, 12:17:12 AM
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Hi. I had the same problem (see http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=1480.0). it turns out the Plug boots faster than the USB subsystem initializes and therein lies the problem: If I code a line to mount the hard drive in /etc/fstab, specifying (as I should) that it be fscked, if necessary, the fsck command fails because the devices are not available in /dev yet. This causes the /etc/init.d/checkfs.sh to stop the boot sequence and require manual intervention.
I think an alternative may be to use the usbmount package (on Debian), which succesfully does the jobs for me. OK, I haven't found how to specify a custom moint point there, but at least the drive is mounted. |
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Linux Stuff / Linux distributions / Cannot automount a custom volume from USB drive at boot time
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on: March 21, 2010, 12:04:34 PM
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Hi. I want to mount an external drive's volume automaticall upon boot, with its UUID, with something like : UUID=cff8ea48-77a4-455c-81b0-6df544fb12ac /mnt/testbackups ext3 defaults,auto 0 0 But the disk is not found at boot time. I believe the USB device detection takes too long, or happens after the mounting of fstab's volumes. It's even worth if I ask for it to be fsck-ed with a last number changed to "2", in which case, the fsck reports a missing volume and aborts the boot. Of course, from the command line at the end of the boot, mount -a works  Any suggestions ? |
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Linux Stuff / Linux distributions / Missing flash-kernel in kernel postinst after installation by Debian installer ?
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on: March 20, 2010, 04:37:28 AM
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I have installed a Debian on my Sheevaplug using tbm's howto (thanks Martin), and the system runs fine so far.
However, there doesn't seem to be a configuration of the postinst of kernels done so that flash-kernel can be run automatically.
So for instance, after latest update I was still running the -trunk-kirkwood kernel and not the -3-kirkwood (latest one for squeeze).
Is this a bug or feature ? ... maybe some missing note in the install HOWTO ?
Thanks in advance.
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Linux Stuff / Linux distributions / Re: Minimal size of SD card to perform install
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on: March 13, 2010, 10:40:01 AM
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Hi.
What's the minimal size needed to perform an install on a SD card ?
I've tried with a 512 Mb one, with no luck.
Responding to myself : it seems that an install on USB disk needs at least 566 Mb more or less (without swap) since that's what is used when I performed the first reboot... but I suspect it needs more to store packages and stuff that was removed at the end of the install. So a 512 Mb card may not be enough :-( |
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