Hello,

I recently bought the NSLU2 but have several problems. I already installed
the newest firmware (V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta)  to ensure, that this is not
the reason for my problems.

Configuration:
1 x Trekstor DataStation maxi t.u external HDD 400 GB USB 2.0 (SAMSUNG
HD400LD) --> on Port 1 as NTFS formatted
1x  Trekstor DataStation maxi t.u external HDD 400 GB USB 2.0 (SAMSUNG
HD400LD)--> on Port 2 as EXT3 formatted (from the Nslu2 itself)

Problem:
1) The NTFS HDD can be read and write without any problems but the EXT3
formatted HDD is not accessible via FTP.
2) When I try to save for instance a new password I get the error message,
that file could not be opened
3) Trying to enable the Backup feature cause the error message "Warning: No
enough HDD ready. Drive Backup function cannot be enabled"

Well, I guess there is a problem with the EXT3 HDD in general. But I'am not
able to determine where and why there is a problem, the same HDD with NTFS
is working on the Port 1, so I'm sure, that there is no mechanical problem.

Maybe one of you can help me?

Merry Christmas :-)

greetings from Austria - Peter

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On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 04:49:46AM -0800, winfler01 wrote:
>
> Problem:
> 1) The NTFS HDD can be read and write without any problems but the EXT3
> formatted HDD is not accessible via FTP.

Ext3 support permissions on file level. There is no support for
permissions in ntfs. On ntfs all the files are writeable for everyone.

Maybe the directory "/public" is writable through ftp but i am not
sure how you have setup your accounts.

> 2) When I try to save for instance a new password I get the error message,
> that file could not be opened

The password file is protected and only the "root" user (admin account
under linx) is able to write the file. You shouldn't edit this file
manualy unless you know what you are doing.

> 3) Trying to enable the Backup feature cause the error message "Warning: No
> enough HDD ready. Drive Backup function cannot be enabled"

The build in backup feature is broken for unslung. But i doubt that it
will work to a ntfs drive.

For more info:
   http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/FixTheDriveBackupForUnslungFirmware

>
> Well, I guess there is a problem with the EXT3 HDD in general. But I'am not
> able to determine where and why there is a problem, the same HDD with NTFS
> is working on the Port 1, so I'm sure, that there is no mechanical problem.
>

I can't find a problem with the disk. Probably there are locations
on the disk you are able to write to. Otherwise you have to change
the permisions on certain locations.

On the otherhand i wouldn't use ntfs. The ntfs support on the nslu2
is broken. You can't save permissions our ownership and under heavy
io the slug will hang.

--
marceln

As a linux newbie i'm struggeling with the touch command. I want to
change the date of a directory like: "touch dir" (without the quotes)
but i get an error message:
touch: setting times of `dir': Is a directory
It works okay for a file: "touch file"
Does anyone know how to solve this. If I look around on the internet i
can find examples where touch is used on directories as wel.
I'm working on a backupscript with rotating snapshots and want to give
the snapshot directory the time the backup was made.

regards, peter

Hello,

I'm the happy owner of the NSLU since a week. I've upgrade the NSLU to the
unslung version and everything works ok.
I was able to telnet the device, with no disk connected, with root, uNSLUng. But
as I want to install Twonkymusic, I want to have root access, when my disk is
attached.
While I tried to change the password, I think I srewed something up. When I
start a telnet session (no disk attached) I get the following back:

---------------------------------------------
Jeroen:~ Jeroen$ telnet 10.0.0.103
Trying 10.0.0.103...
Connected to 10.0.0.103.
Escape character is '^]'.
/bin/login: root:qmpbv37EpItXY:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh: No such file or directory
/bin/login: bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:: No such file or directory
/bin/login: lp:x:4:7:lp:/share/spool:: No such file or directory
/bin/login: mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:: No such file or directory
ftp:x:14:50:FTP: No such file or directory
/bin/login: nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:: No such file or directory
/bin/login: ourtelnetrescueuser:sPuRQwXaya5YE:100:100::/home/user:/bin/sh: No
such file or directory
/bin/login: guest:xqnMpE/plEnFs:501:501::/home/user/guest:/dev/null: No such
file or directory
/bin/login: admin:cgwvsHpJSf6XU:502:501::/home/user/admin:/dev/null: No such
file or directory
Connection closed by foreign host.

---------------------------------------------
Can somebody tell me what I should do, to sove this?

As I still haven't been able to change the password, can somebody help me on
this as well. Even when I follow the instructions at "Changing the password from
the comand line" I can't get the password changed, somehow I do something wrong
or mis a step.

I must say, I'm not a very experienced Unix/Linux user. So the most obvious
things are not so obvious for me.

Anyway thanks in advance.

Jeroen.

On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 11:29:31PM +0000, Jeroen Gieskes wrote:

> While I tried to change the password, I think I srewed something up.

Probably the easeast way is to reflash your slug.

Have a look at:
	 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/RecoverFromABadFlash

After that you have a fresh flash image and you can start over.

Change the disk back to flash and unsling it again. The unsling
script will ask a pasword for your root account.

--
marceln

On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 11:46:24AM -0000, ptrsmid wrote:

Do you use unslung?

> touch: setting times of `dir': Is a directory
> It works okay for a file: "touch file"

1) Install the gnu coreutils
2) Use "/opt/bin/touch -m <dir>"

--
marceln

Thanks marcel,

that worked.
I had already installed coreutils but had not understood from the
manpage that touch -m works on a directory.
Thanks a lot,

Peter


--- In nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com, nslu2@... wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 11:46:24AM -0000, ptrsmid wrote:
>
> Do you use unslung?
>
> > touch: setting times of `dir': Is a directory
> > It works okay for a file: "touch file"
>
> 1) Install the gnu coreutils
> 2) Use "/opt/bin/touch -m <dir>"
>
> --
> marceln
>

>For unslung native compilation, see

>http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NativelyCompileUnslungPackages

>the native toolchain is from the crosstool-native package.

>



These directions say to add a user so I don't clobber some files. How do I
do this? I tried adding a user via the web interface called "siegfried" but
ssh did not accept this as a log in.

While logged in from the root account, I tried the command "adduser" but
that did not work either.



Could someone kindly tell me how to do this?

Thanks!

Siegfried



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Please ignore my previous email!



I found these great instructions. However, I'm having trouble.



>

># mkdir /home/user/xyz

># mkdir /home/user/xyz/src

># mkdir /home/user/xyz/bin

>

>To make xyz the owner of this directory, and its contents:

>

># chown -R xyz /home/user/xyz

>

>In order to give xyz a way to execute the gcc compiler which you have

>installed, and other programs, create a file called .profile

>(Commands for the vi editor may be found at

>http://www.chem.brown.edu/instructions/vi.html):

>

># vi /home/user/xyz/.profile

>("i" enters insert mode,

>type "PATH=/bin:/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/home/user/xyz/bin" (without

>quotes), <ESC>, ZZ (to save and exit))

>

>Next modify the password file to change the home directory of xyz,

>and to use the bash shell

>

># vi /etc/passwd

>

>Edit the xyz line to replace the text after the second-to-last colon

>(":") with "/home/user/xyz:/sbin/bash"

>

>When you've exited vi, you can use the following command to print the

>file to the screen to see that it looks right

>

># cat /etc/passwd

>

>Now you can login to xyz and enter your password

>

># login xyz

>



Here is what I get:



bash-3.2$ ssh -p 22 root@...

root@...'s password:



Welcome to Unslung V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta



    ---------- NOTE: THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY UNSLUNG ----------





BusyBox v0.60.4 (2005.03.22-06:52+0000) Built-in shell (ash)

Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.



# login siegfried

Password:

No directory, logging in with HOME=/



Welcome to Unslung V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta



    ---------- NOTE: THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY UNSLUNG ----------





BusyBox v0.60.4 (2005.03.22-06:52+0000) Built-in shell (ash)

Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.



$



I cannot cd into /home/user/siegfried



I tried doing chmod 777 /home/user but this did not help!



What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Siegfried



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I just installed mysql on my slug and started up the server.



The directions say



>You can start the MySQL daemon with:

>cd /opt ; /opt/bin/mysqld_safe &

>

>You can test the MySQL daemon with the benchmarks in the 'sql-bench'
directory:

>cd sql-bench ; perl run-all-tests



Well I cannot find sql-bench:



# find / -name sql-bench

# find / -name run-all-tests

#

Should there be such a directory and file?



Thanks,

Siegfried



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Hi,

I am using DebianSlug on a 266 MHz NSLU2. Recently I got lots of
problems related to the memory while running a relatively low number
of processes: sshd, screen and rtorrent/libtorrent. I am posting a few
kernel entries into the syslog. After a couple of page allocation
failure messages the kernel kills rtorrent. Any suggestions how to
solve this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Razvan

Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: swapper: page allocation failure.
order:0, mode:0x20
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Mem-info:
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: cpu 0 hot: high 6, batch 1 used:0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: cpu 0 cold: high 2, batch 1 used:0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA32 per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Normal per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Free pages:         240kB (0kB HighMem)
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Active:4540 inactive:455 dirty:0
writeback:0 unstable:0 free:60 slab:1596 mapped:4812 pagetables:108
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA free:240kB min:724kB low:904kB
high:1084kB active:18160kB inactive:1820kB present:32768kB
pages_scanned:66 all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA32 free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB
high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB
high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:128kB
high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 5*16kB 5*32kB 0*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 240kB
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: DMA32: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Normal: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: HighMem: empty
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Swap cache: add 1996025, delete
1995005, find 526130/930243, race 0+0
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Free swap  = 970052kB
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Total swap = 987988kB
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: Free swap:       970052kB
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 8192 pages of RAM
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 124 free pages
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 607 reserved pages
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 1596 slab pages
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 4251 pages shared
Dec 27 10:22:25 trinity kernel: 1020 pages swap cached

Dec 27 10:27:36 trinity kernel: swapper: page allocation failure.
order:1, mode:0x20
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: Mem-info:
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: DMA per-cpu:
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: cpu 0 hot: high 6, batch 1 used:0
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: cpu 0 cold: high 2, batch 1 used:0
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: DMA32 per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: Normal per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: HighMem per-cpu: empty
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: Free pages:         276kB (0kB HighMem)
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: Active:4691 inactive:335 dirty:0
writeback:0 unstable:0 free:69 slab:1540 mapped:4788 pagetables:110
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: DMA free:276kB min:724kB low:904kB
high:1084kB active:18764kB inactive:1340kB present:32768kB
pages_scanned:987 all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:27:37 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: DMA32 free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB
high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Normal free:0kB min:0kB low:0kB
high:0kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: HighMem free:0kB min:128kB low:128kB
high:128kB active:0kB inactive:0kB present:0kB pages_scanned:0
all_unreclaimable? no
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: DMA: 1*4kB 0*8kB 5*16kB 6*32kB 0*64kB
0*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 276kB
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: DMA32: empty
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Normal: empty
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: HighMem: empty
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Swap cache: add 2006294, delete
2005004, find 528969/935009, race 0+0
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Free swap  = 970056kB
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Total swap = 987988kB
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: Free swap:       970056kB
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 8192 pages of RAM
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 133 free pages
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 607 reserved pages
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 1540 slab pages
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 3758 pages shared
Dec 27 10:27:38 trinity kernel: 1290 pages swap cached

Hello,

my NSLU2 cannot boot, with the original firmware or unslung 6.8, the
boot process stops and I cannot access to the NSLU2 through web.

when I  connects at startup with telnet, there is an error:

arping -f 192.168.0.1;telnet 192.168.0.1 9000
ARPING 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.2 eth0
Unicast reply from 192.168.0.1 [00:18:39:28:80:8E]  10.276ms
Sent 12 probes (12 broadcast(s))
Received 1 response(s)
Trying 192.168.0.1...
Connected to 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
== Executing boot script in 1.960 seconds - enter ^C to abort
RedBoot> have eRcOmM
copy kernel code from flash to RAM
copy ramdisk file from flash to RAM
run kernel
** Error: Illegal command: "<Not a string: 0x6C0BD>"

but now, if into Redboot I execute the command boot, there is no more
error. Then I execute go and after that, the boot process continue and
I can access to the NSLU2 through web interface.

My current configuration is unslung 6.8 with one unsling disk. I have
the same behaviour with or without attached disk.

Has anyone idea about this problem. I would appreciate a lot if
someone could help me.
Thank you.
Regards.

There are a lot of ADC (analog to digital converter) and DAC (digital to
analog converters) for windows based USBs.



What is the best way to connect ADC and DAC chips to a unslung? Should I try
to reverse engineer some windows based product or start from scratch?



Where is the best way to learn about USB? Where is all the logic for USB
implemented? In the driver? Do I need to learn about Linux device drivers? I
assume the source for Unslung is available. Should I download that and try
to compile it? Where is the download page?



Has anyone else connected up ADC and DACs to unslung or SlugOS?



Thanks,

Siegfried



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The source for Unslung is, and always will be, available from exactly the same
place where you downloaded the binary.
-- Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: "siegfried" <siegfried@...>
Date: Friday, Dec 29, 2006 7:03 am
Subject: [nslu2-general] How to connect ADC and DACs to UnSlung?

There are a lot of ADC (analog to digital converter) and DAC (digital to analog
converters) for windows based USBs.



What is the best way to connect ADC and DAC chips to a unslung? Should I try to
reverse engineer some windows based product or start from scratch?



Where is the best way to learn about USB? Where is all the logic for USB
implemented? In the driver? Do I need to learn about Linux device drivers? I
assume the source for Unslung is available. Should I download that and try to
compile it? Where is the download page?



Has anyone else connected up ADC and DACs to unslung or SlugOS?



Thanks,

Siegfried



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Yahoo! Groups Links

Hi all i am new here I have a 400gb usb drive
that i went  to  in to 3 drives so i can backup 3 pcs they all are xp
home sp 2 i wood like to use the nlsu2 to put the dives on my network
here is were i need advice
1 if i need to restore a computer from the drive on the nslu2 how woul
i do it ?
2 what firmware  should i use
3 i also like to set it up as a time server
thanks beau

On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 21:14 +0000, Beau wrote:


>
> Hi all i am new here I have a 400gb usb drive
> that i went to in to 3 drives so i can backup 3 pcs they all are xp
> home sp 2 i wood like to use the nlsu2 to put the dives on my network
> here is were i need advice
> 1 if i need to restore a computer from the drive on the nslu2 how woul
> i do it ?

Probably the easiest way is to use a image program (e.g. ghost)
and let them write the images to a share. You could share the 400 GB
disk as one share with samba.

> 2 what firmware should i use

One that supports samba and is easy to maintain.

Probably you could use the standard linksys firmware for this
but unslung add some extra features.

I wouldn't recommend openslug or debian slug unless you have
linux experience.

> 3 i also like to set it up as a time server

There is a full "ntp" implementation for unslung.
Just install ntp (not ntpclient) on unslung and tell your
windows pc's to use that ntp server.

--
marceln

Siegfried,

All you need to do is develop some simple scripts and use 1wire from dallas and
install a couple of packages....

It works so well its like having a "purpose-biult-appliance"

Checkout this thread   Re: [nslu2-general] Re: Does anybody use the Dallas 1
wire with the unslung 6.8

SLUG (Unslung 6.8) + 1wire + owfs + rrdtool + thttp + smtpclient + NTP = 1
rock'n little SLUG for data collection and control

rob

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: siegfried
   To: nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:33 AM
   Subject: [nslu2-general] How to connect ADC and DACs to UnSlung?


   There are a lot of ADC (analog to digital converter) and DAC (digital to
   analog converters) for windows based USBs.

   What is the best way to connect ADC and DAC chips to a unslung? Should I try
   to reverse engineer some windows based product or start from scratch?

   Where is the best way to learn about USB? Where is all the logic for USB
   implemented? In the driver? Do I need to learn about Linux device drivers? I
   assume the source for Unslung is available. Should I download that and try
   to compile it? Where is the download page?

   Has anyone else connected up ADC and DACs to unslung or SlugOS?

   Thanks,

   Siegfried

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I tried doing a google search first but could find nothing.

When I do "make" (as per the standard steps in
"http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Development/MasterMakefile") I get
the following error (see below).

Is there something wron with the svn.openwrt.org site and I should
just try later?

Why are we going to openwrt.org anway? I'm trying to compile unslung,
not openwrt!

Thanks,
Siegfried


Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.openwrt.org:443':
  - The certificate hostname does not match.
Certificate information:
  - Hostname: openwrt.org
  - Valid: from Oct 22 14:48:20 2006 GMT until Oct 23 14:48:20 2007 GMT
  - Issuer: Equifax Secure Inc., US
  - Fingerprint:
e6:a2:a6:4d:ad:ff:b4:00:11:ba:a7:80:c4:cd:1d:1a:d3:0b:83:88
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? t
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/openwrt/trunk'
svn: PROPFIND of '/openwrt/trunk': Could not read status line:
connection was closed by server. (https://svn.openwrt.org)
make: *** [openwrt/.configured] Error 1

Accept the certificate, and all will be well (as the message says, it's just
a hostname mismatch: the text string "svn.openwrt.org" !=  "openwrt.org").
The Master Makefile is just that - a *master* makefile, and it's doing all
the setup necessary to prepare for building anything the project builds, not
just Unslung.

I do agree that it would be nice to have a trimmed-down build environment
for Unslung itself.  It's on my list of things to do.

Mike (mwester)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sieg_Heintze" <siegfried@...>
To: <nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:20 PM
Subject: [nslu2-general] Trouble compiling unslung!


> I tried doing a google search first but could find nothing.
>
> When I do "make" (as per the standard steps in
> "http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Development/MasterMakefile") I get
> the following error (see below).
>
> Is there something wron with the svn.openwrt.org site and I should
> just try later?
>
> Why are we going to openwrt.org anway? I'm trying to compile unslung,
> not openwrt!
>
> Thanks,
> Siegfried
>
>
> Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn.openwrt.org:443':
>  - The certificate hostname does not match.
> Certificate information:
>  - Hostname: openwrt.org
>  - Valid: from Oct 22 14:48:20 2006 GMT until Oct 23 14:48:20 2007 GMT
>  - Issuer: Equifax Secure Inc., US
>  - Fingerprint:
> e6:a2:a6:4d:ad:ff:b4:00:11:ba:a7:80:c4:cd:1d:1a:d3:0b:83:88
> (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? t
> svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/openwrt/trunk'
> svn: PROPFIND of '/openwrt/trunk': Could not read status line:
> connection was closed by server. (https://svn.openwrt.org)
> make: *** [openwrt/.configured] Error 1

Sieg_Heintze wrote:
> Why are we going to openwrt.org anway? I'm trying to compile unslung,
> not openwrt!

Run "make unslung" if you don't want the other firmware distributions built.

-- Rod

Hi all,

Im trying to get the drive2drive back-up working on my nslu. i have 3
drives connected to the nslu 1 directly connected to port 2 and the
other two connected using a usb hub (hdd_1_1_1 and hdd_1_2_1).
hdd_1_1_1 is the drive i want to back up on hdd_1_2_1 now i read the
information which can be found at:
http://www.nslu2-
linux.org/wiki/HowTo/FixTheDriveBackupForUnslungFirmware
but since im a total newb i cant seem to get it working for my
situation.

i hope you can help me out

Raymond

The wiki article is about how to *fix* the Linksys backup script so that it
would work again -- which is quite different from trying to add new
functionality to the Linksys backup tool such that it can backup non-native
devices on a hub!

What you are trying to do cannot be done by the Linksys GUI tool.  You'll
need to craft your own copy mechanism to copy the data from the one drive to
the other.  This might be a very simple thing to do with the "rsync"
utility.  If you wish for it to run periodically, you can use the "cron"
mechanism provided with Unslung.

Based on the "hdd_1_x_1" description, it seems clear that you are attempting
to copy either FAT or NTFS volumes; I don't know how rsync responds to that
(as these volumes do not have the attributes it expects to see).  Probably
you will require special flags to instruct rsync not to copy ownership and
permissions.

Mike (mwester)

> Im trying to get the drive2drive back-up working on my nslu. i have 3
> drives connected to the nslu 1 directly connected to port 2 and the
> other two connected using a usb hub (hdd_1_1_1 and hdd_1_2_1).
> hdd_1_1_1 is the drive i want to back up on hdd_1_2_1 now i read the
> information which can be found at:
> http://www.nslu2-
> linux.org/wiki/HowTo/FixTheDriveBackupForUnslungFirmware
> but since im a total newb i cant seem to get it working for my
> situation.

--- In nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com, "pq274304" <mike@...> wrote:
>
> HELP!
>
> I've come to use my Slug today and i want to update my package list so
> i can install some new ones and i'm getting that!
>
> Any ideas or am i looking at starting all over again?
>
> Thanks
> Michael.
>
I think I had something like that happen when I installed unslung. In
my case I think it came from me missing a step in the unslinging
process.

On this page http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Packages

It says to install package "unslung-feeds". I think something bad
happens if you don't.

There are a variety of linux drivers for USB ADC/DAC boards.  See:

ftp://lx10.tx.ncsu.edu/pub/Linux/drivers/USB/

http://www.comedi.org/

You would need to cross-compile for the nslu2.


On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:33:29PM -0700, siegfried wrote:
>    There are a lot of ADC (analog to digital converter) and DAC (digital
>    to
>    analog converters) for windows based USBs.
>    What is the best way to connect ADC and DAC chips to a unslung? Should
>    I try
>    to reverse engineer some windows based product or start from scratch?
>    Where is the best way to learn about USB? Where is all the logic for
>    USB
>    implemented? In the driver? Do I need to learn about Linux device
>    drivers? I
>    assume the source for Unslung is available. Should I download that and
>    try
>    to compile it? Where is the download page?
>    Has anyone else connected up ADC and DACs to unslung or SlugOS?
>    Thanks,
>    Siegfried

Best thing to do is put a serial console on it - it almost looks like your
Redboot boot script has been corrupted (unless your telnet client is giving an
invalid input to Redboot as the first characters sent).
-- Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: "jcdercq" <jc.dercq@...>
Date: Friday, Dec 29, 2006 3:32 am
Subject: [nslu2-general] unslung cannot boot

Hello,

my NSLU2 cannot boot, with the original firmware or unslung 6.8, the boot
process stops and I cannot access to the NSLU2 through web.

when I  connects at startup with telnet, there is an error:

arping -f 192.168.0.1;telnet 192.168.0.1 9000
ARPING 192.168.0.1 from 192.168.0.2 eth0
Unicast reply from 192.168.0.1 [00:18:39:28:80:8E]  10.276ms
Sent 12 probes (12 broadcast(s))
Received 1 response(s)
Trying 192.168.0.1...
Connected to 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
== Executing boot script in 1.960 seconds - enter ^C to abort
RedBoot> have eRcOmM
copy kernel code from flash to RAM
copy ramdisk file from flash to RAM
run kernel
** Error: Illegal command: "<Not a string: 0x6C0BD>"

but now, if into Redboot I execute the command boot, there is no more error.
Then I execute go and after that, the boot process continue and I can access to
the NSLU2 through web interface.

My current configuration is unslung 6.8 with one unsling disk. I have the same
behaviour with or without attached disk.

Has anyone idea about this problem. I would appreciate a lot if
someone could help me.
Thank you.
Regards.







Yahoo! Groups Links

Afternoon,

So after installing Unslung 6.8, unslinging, getting everything i
wanted set up and copying some files across to the slug, I rather
foolishly edited /etc/fstab to mount the drive with the noatime
parameter.  After a reboot, the drive seemed to have reverted to the
original fstab, so i updated again and replaced all versions of the
file that i could find (including one in i think /initrd....).

I can now get to the web interface but can't telnet or ssh into the
box.  SSH comes up with connection refused so I presume it's not
running at all.  Telnet parses the passwd file coming up with no such
file or directory errors if i connect without specifying a username.
If i specify a username, it tells me "no address or nodename"

I think i've made the following errors:
- changing /etc/passwd for root to point to bash rather than ash
- editing files in initrd (which i now guess is the internal flash)
- not using a diversion script to do these things?


Any thoughts as to how i can fix this?


Cheers,

Andrew

Reflash the firmware and unsling again.  It's very difficult to repair any
other way, in the absence of a serial console.

Mike (mwester)

----- Original Message -----
From: "agf102" <heymrfirth@...>
To: <nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: [nslu2-general] edit of fstab and slug no longer boots


> Afternoon,
>
> So after installing Unslung 6.8, unslinging, getting everything i
> wanted set up and copying some files across to the slug, I rather
> foolishly edited /etc/fstab to mount the drive with the noatime
> parameter.  After a reboot, the drive seemed to have reverted to the
> original fstab, so i updated again and replaced all versions of the
> file that i could find (including one in i think /initrd....).
>
> I can now get to the web interface but can't telnet or ssh into the
> box.  SSH comes up with connection refused so I presume it's not
> running at all.  Telnet parses the passwd file coming up with no such
> file or directory errors if i connect without specifying a username.
> If i specify a username, it tells me "no address or nodename"
>
> I think i've made the following errors:
> - changing /etc/passwd for root to point to bash rather than ash
> - editing files in initrd (which i now guess is the internal flash)
> - not using a diversion script to do these things?
>
>
> Any thoughts as to how i can fix this?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew

I apologize if I have sent this twice. I sent it out yesterday and did not
see it appear in my inbox so I assume something went wrong and I am sending
it again.



Fellow Unslungers:

My build is failing on FC4. When I saw this the first time I tried "yum
install libstdc++" but that did not help!

I'm trying to build unslung 6.8 on fc4 with the command

"make unslung".

Can someone tell me how to fix this problem?
Thanks,
Siegfried

make all-am
make[6]: Entering directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1/gettext-runtime/libasprintf'
/bin/sh ./x86_64-linux-libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++
-isystem/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/in
clude -O2
-L/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/lib
-Wl,-rpath-link,/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-
linux/lib
-Wl,-rpath,/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux
/lib -Wl,-O1 -o libasprintf.la -rpath
/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/lib
lib-asprintf.lo autosprintf.lo
g++ -shared -nostdlib
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/../../../../lib64/crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/crtbeginS.o .libs/lib-asprintf.o
.libs/autosprintf.o
-L/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/lib
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/../../../../lib64
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/../../.. -L/lib/../lib64
-L/usr/lib/../lib64 -lstdc++ -lm -lc -lgcc_s
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/crtendS.o
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/../../../../lib64/crtn.o
-Wl,-rpath-link
-Wl,/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/lib
-Wl,-rpath
-Wl,/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/staging/x86_64-linux/lib
-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libasprintf.so.0 -o .libs/libasprintf.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/libstdc++.a(ios_init.o):
relocation R_X86_64_32 against `std::ios_base::Init::_S_refcount' can not be
used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.0.0/libstdc++.a: could not read symbols:
Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[6]: *** [libasprintf.la] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1/gettext-runtime/libasprintf'
make[5]: *** [all] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1/gettext-runtime/libasprintf'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1/gettext-runtime'
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1/gettext-runtime'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/siegfried/dev/Unslung/slug/unslung/tmp/work/gettext-native-0.14.1-r3/
gettext-0.14.1'
FATAL: oe_runmake failed
~
61,1 Bot






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On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 11:03 -0700, siegfried wrote:

> Fellow Unslungers:
>
> My build is failing on FC4. When I saw this the first time I tried
> "yum install libstdc++" but that did not help!
>
> I'm trying to build unslung 6.8 on fc4 with the command
>
> "make unslung".

Why do you want to build unslung from source?

The normal way is to install the binary.

But it should work. Yesterday i build unslung 6.9-alpha from monotone
on FC6 x86_64.

--
marceln

> But it should work. Yesterday i build unslung 6.9-alpha from monotone
> on FC6 x86_64.

I also build unslung on FC6 -- as well as FC5.  I seem to recall that the
gcc 4.0.0 compiler with FC4 caused problems, which forced me to upgrade to
FC5 in order to build Unslung.

Mike (mwester)