Hi all,
I am a newbie and need your help. Sorry for my poor english too.

I have a NLSU2 with the unslung firmware (V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta), I
have updated yesterday.
I have unslunged to an usb bar connected on port USB2. Flash and
unslung worked well.
NLSU2 boot ok and access on webadmin and telnet are ok. access to all
my drives is ok and worked well. yesterday I have copied and deleted
files from HDD without errors.

My problem is that, today, my HDD connected on port1 now appear Not
Formatted after a reboot.
If my plug the HDD to my computer, I can manage the files without
errors. Replug on NSLU2 and HDD appear not formated.

Can you help me ?

I installed OpenSlug3.10 beta on flash disk. I got Segmentation fault
when I tranfered some files to disk. Who know the reason? Thanks.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "sun_liyu" <sun_liyu@...> wrote:
>
> I installed OpenSlug3.10 beta on flash disk. I got Segmentation fault
> when I tranfered some files to disk. Who know the reason? Thanks.
>

Hi,

have you enabled a swap space ?
I have encountered several problems with aborting programs due to a
memory shortage.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "cahaag" <cahaag@...> wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "sun_liyu" <sun_liyu@> wrote:
> >
> > I installed OpenSlug3.10 beta on flash disk. I got Segmentation fault
> > when I tranfered some files to disk. Who know the reason? Thanks.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> have you enabled a swap space ?
> I have encountered several problems with aborting programs due to a
> memory shortage.
>
Thanks for youre reply.
I'm runing OpenSlug from flash stick. I inited it with turnup memstick
command. I think there is no swap space. The memory info is next with
top  command when I copied files.
Mem: 28992K used, 1308K free, 0K shrd, 7152K buff, 6256K cached
I opened the case and let it is running 'naked' today. I is working
pretty good when I copy files to it. May it cuased by over heat? It is
hot in here, room temperature is 30C.

Hi,

Done. It looks like the links I've added need to be approved.

Btw, the "Preview" button did not work. I had no choice but to save directly.
Fortunately, it looks ok.

Olivier

Rod Whitby wrote:
> Olivier,
>
> The best way to show your thanks is to add that information to the wiki.
>
> -- Rod
>
> Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
>> That's good news :) Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>> mlsmith59 wrote :
>>> Just in case you don't know VCC is VDD and GND is VSS.
>>>
>>> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Smith" <marksmith@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The Dallas DS1233-10 should work fine for this.  It has a different
>>> pinout
>>>> than the Microchip part I used in the wiki description so just be
>>> sure to
>>>> connect the correct pin to the appropriate points on the circuit
>>> board.
>>>> Check the two data sheets you referenced to determine which pin is
>>> which.
>>>> My picture is using the -D pinout which can be found at the top of
>>> sheet one
>>>> of the microchip data sheet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   _____
>>>>
>>>> From: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nslu2-
>>> linux@yahoogroups.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Olivier Guilyardi
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:24 PM
>>>> To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: [nslu2-linux] ForcePowerAlwaysOn and IC equivalence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We are trying to make a slug restart after power-loss. For this
>>> purpose we
>>>> want
>>>> to wire the "Alternative 1" as explained on:
>>>> http://www.nslu2- <http://www.nslu2-
>>> linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ForcePowerAlwaysOn>
>>>> linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ForcePowerAlwaysOn
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, the Microchip MCP120 component is rather hard to
>>> find here in
>>>> France (and our schedule forbids overseas ordering). But according
>>> to the
>>>> wiki
>>>> page the Dallas DS1233 is an equivalent, and we did find the DS1233-
>>> 10 to be
>>>> available for fast delivery in France.
>>>>
>>>> According to the following references, the DS1233-10 seems similar
>>> to the
>>>> MCP120-450DI/TO:
>>>> http://ww1.microchi
>>>> <http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/11184d.pdf>
>>>> p.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/11184d.pdf
>>>> http://docs-
>>>> <http://docs-
>>> europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0025/0900766b80025c80.pdf>
>>>> europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0025/0900766b80025c80.pdf
>>>>
>>>> But I'm no specialist of this kind of thing...
>>>>
>>>> Could anyone confirm that the DS1233-10 should be a good equivalent?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Olivier
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

On 7/2/07, Olivier Guilyardi <ml@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Done. It looks like the links I've added need to be approved.
>

Thanks for your work. I've just approved the links.

--
Fernando Carolo

Just an update.

Using dd in this manner does not work for me as it copies the data
block for block and re-creates the partition layout of the original
disk.

Looks like I'll have to start a fresh OpenDebianSlug install with
some sort of RAID installed.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, Brian Wood <bwood@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding.
>
> If you want to make an exact copy why not just do:
>
> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
>
> Or something like that?
>
> beww@...
>

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "bloedmann999" <Brian_Dorling@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "bloedmann999" <Brian_Dorling@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "bloedmann999" <Brian_Dorling@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I needed to reinstall Debian on my test slug. Now, when I login over
> > > Putty (set to UTF8) and start mc, the line characters in MC are all
> > > shown as letters. Searching on this I see many cases where putty
> > > itself was not set to UTF8. Mine is set, so I assume something is
> > > different under the present debian install.
> > > Here is the output of the locale command:
> > >
> > > Slug2:~# locale
> > > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or
> directory
> > > locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or
> > > directory
> > > locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or
directory
> > > LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> > > LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
> > > LC_ALL=
> > >
> > > Anything else where I need to check? Like I said, first attempt
worked
> > > perfectly, this one does not.
> > >
> > > Cheers Brian
> > >
> > I just tried setting "terminal type" to linux instead of xterm in
> > putty, that has now something a bit nearer, but still not the correct
> > characters.
> >
> > Cheers Brian
> >
> And trying an export LANG=C and then starting with "mc -a" gets me a
> set of the simple line drawing characters. Putty can be set to either
>  "use unicode" or "use font in both ANSI and OEM modes", I still get
> the simple lines drawn.
> At least now all columns line up correctly, in all other settings some
> characters were unprintable and that meant that the columns did not
> all line up.
>
> I know this can be made to work, and I am sure it is a debian setting,
> not putty that is incorrect. After the first install I just changed
> putty to use UTF-8 and it all worked.
>
> Cheers Brian
>

Well I didn't know much about locales when I started this, but I know
a bit more now. Due to the second installation attempt only having a
swap of 32MB, instead of 96MB for the first attempt, locale-gen was
dying with an OOM when trying to generate any UTF8 locales.
Adding more swap space allows it to complete OK, I saw that it was
using up to 67 MB swap during the gen.

Now I have the locale set correctly and all is OK.

Cheers Brian

Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> Btw, the "Preview" button did not work.

This has been a problem for a long time.  If I recall correctly,
Preview only works with Internet Explorer.

I have tried to understand why, but I have been prevented by some sort
of anti-hacking technology; when I try to download the Javascript that
the edit page uses, I get this:

<html>
    <head>
      <title>Forbidden</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <h1>Forbidden</h1>

      <p>
        Don't do that okay?  Trying to download the entire website is not
welcome.
      </p>
    </body>
</html>


If someone could switch that off I would investigate further.

Regards,

Phil.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "sun_liyu" <sun_liyu@...> wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "cahaag" <cahaag@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "sun_liyu" <sun_liyu@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I installed OpenSlug3.10 beta on flash disk. I got Segmentation
fault
> > > when I tranfered some files to disk. Who know the reason? Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > have you enabled a swap space ?
> > I have encountered several problems with aborting programs due to a
> > memory shortage.
> >
> Thanks for youre reply.
> I'm runing OpenSlug from flash stick. I inited it with turnup memstick
> command. I think there is no swap space. The memory info is next with
> top  command when I copied files.
> Mem: 28992K used, 1308K free, 0K shrd, 7152K buff, 6256K cached
> I opened the case and let it is running 'naked' today. I is working
> pretty good when I copy files to it. May it cuased by over heat? It is
> hot in here, room temperature is 30C.
>
Hi,

nice to hear that your SLUG is running fine when the case is open.
Looks indeed like a temperature problem.
Nevertheless I would recommend to enable a swap space for your system,
which is not the case yet.

----- Original Message -----

From: cmelikian

To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:27 PM

Subject: [nslu2-linux] Unslung 6.8. Where has chgrp gone?

Hi,

I have an Unslung 6.8 slug. I can chown but can't chgrp.

The file has been changed to be owned by guest but the group ownership
is root. I think i need to change it to "everyone".

Any ideas how to do this without chgrp? I tried searching but no luck
so don't think it's a path issue....

Cheers, Chris.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Ian White" <iandavidwhite@...>
wrote:
>
> You can use chown
>
> It accepts a command-line of the form:
>
>     chown [-R] <username>[.<groupname>] <your_file_name(s)>
>
> So you could use:
>
>     chown root.everyone your_file_name
>
Try:
ipkg update
ipkg install coreutils
  Worked for me.

Siles

Hello,

I've just purchased a slug and its on its way to me.
I have no experience with linux but would like the device to handle all of
my newsgroup downloads.
So that i can download in non-peak times without leaving my PC on.

What's the best way of going about this?
i.e. which firnware/OS, which client? any other tips?

thanks!

_________________________________________________________________
The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk/

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "bloedmann999"
<Brian_Dorling@...> wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, key vu <key50001@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Brian,
> >
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > I'm using NetDisk enclosure from
> http://www.ximeta.com/products/ndenclosure1_en.php with 40GB Seagate
> HD (for now).
> >
> > In the Spin-Down instruction from Nslu2-linux website, it does not
> ask to move the file or folder at all.  After spend more than a week
> to configure the spind down but I have no luck.
> >
> > Brian, would you please post for me the detail step-by-step to
> configure the Spin-down option.
> >
> >
> > Best regard,
> > KEY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: bloedmann999 <Brian_Dorling@>
> > To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:55:04 AM
> > Subject: [nslu2-linux] Re: Need help on Spin-Down the HD on NSLU2
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@ yahoogroups. com, "key50001" <key50001@ .>
wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm new to NSLU2 and I just finish upgrade the firmware to
UNLSUG.
> All
> > > I want for now is to Spin-down the hard drive when it not in
use. I
> > > follow all the step from different method but still can not get
it
> > > spind down. I always receive the error durring the Spin-down
> > > configuration.
> > >
> > > Could anyone please help me to set up and configure the NSLU2
with
> Spin
> > > down option.
> > >
> > > Please provide for me the step-by-step to config it because I'm
so
> dump
> > > with Unix.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > KEY
> > >
> > Well,
> >
> > have you moved /dev and /var to ramfs?
> >
> > Tried stopping all unneccessary processes. Dont have syslog-ng
> > running, dont have cron continually doing things.
> > Remounted your drives, ../conf and ../data, with noatime?
> >
> > It worked for me, but I have a drive that spins itself down. That
> > means it does not need a command from linux to make it spin down.
> >
> > Does your external drive have a spin-down feature? If so, test it
> > under windows to see if it really works. Do you need to take the
IDE
> > drive out and install it in a PC to use ATA commands to set the
drive
> > spin down? If so, will it keep those settings through a power off?
> > pretty easy to test that.
> >
> > What error messages do you get? Before I had everything right I
didn't
> > get any error messages, it just didn't spin down.
> >
> > Cheers Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
______________________________________________________________________
______________
> > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's
> updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.
> > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
> >
> Hey,
>
> here's how I did it:
>
> key vu wrote:
> > Hello Brian,
> >
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > I'm using NetDisk enclosure
> > from http://www.ximeta.com/products/ndenclosure1_en.php with 40GB
> > Seagate HD (for now).
> >
> > In the Spin-Down instruction from Nslu2-linux website, it does
not ask
> > to move the file or folder at all.  After spend more than a week
to
> > configure the spind down but I have no luck.
> >
> > Brian, would you please post for me the detail step-by-step to
> configure
> > the Spin-down option.
> >
> >
> > Best regard,
> > KEY
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: bloedmann999 <Brian_Dorling@...>
> > To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:55:04 AM
> > Subject: [nslu2-linux] Re: Need help on Spin-Down the HD on NSLU2
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@ yahoogroups. com
> > <mailto:nslu2-linux%40yahoogroups.com>, "key50001" <key50001@ .>
> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > I'm new to NSLU2 and I just finish upgrade the firmware to
> UNLSUG. All
> >  > I want for now is to Spin-down the hard drive when it not in
use. I
> >  > follow all the step from different method but still can not
get it
> >  > spind down. I always receive the error durring the Spin-down
> >  > configuration.
> >  >
> >  > Could anyone please help me to set up and configure the NSLU2
> with Spin
> >  > down option.
> >  >
> >  > Please provide for me the step-by-step to config it because I'm
> so dump
> >  > with Unix.
> >  >
> >  > Thanks in advance.
> >  > KEY
> >  >
> > Well,
> >
> > have you moved /dev and /var to ramfs?
> >
> > Tried stopping all unneccessary processes. Dont have syslog-ng
> > running, dont have cron continually doing things.
> > Remounted your drives, ../conf and ../data, with noatime?
> >
> > It worked for me, but I have a drive that spins itself down. That
> > means it does not need a command from linux to make it spin down.
> >
> > Does your external drive have a spin-down feature? If so, test it
> > under windows to see if it really works. Do you need to take the
IDE
> > drive out and install it in a PC to use ATA commands to set the
drive
> > spin down? If so, will it keep those settings through a power off?
> > pretty easy to test that.
> >
> > What error messages do you get? Before I had everything right I
didn't
> > get any error messages, it just didn't spin down.
> >
> > Cheers Brian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
------
> > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha!
> > Play Monopoly Here and Now
> >
>
<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48223/*http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc
?gamekey=monopolyherenow>
>
> > (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.
> Key,
>
> I'll try (you can find all the details on the NSLU site):
>
> 1. Can you get the disk to spin down under windows? Is there a
utility
> to set the spin-down time?
>
> 2. If not take the disk out of the enclosure, connect it directly to
> one of your IDE channels and follow one of the many instructions for
> setting spin-down via ATA commands. Set a very short interval, it
> makes testing easier.
> If you now can get it to spin down, then check that the spin down
> settings are kept when the drive has been powered off completely.
>
> If none of the above works then that decides what you do next:
>
> If it doesn't work, then you will need to try sending spin-down
> commands  from Unslung to the disk. That may or may not work
depending
> on your USB-IDE adapter in the USB enclosure.
>
>
> If it does spin-down under linux, either via its own settings, or
via
> a command then do the following to stop it continually being spun-up
> again:
>
> 1. in /unslung/rc.bootbin:
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Creating ramfs for /dev:"
> /bin/mount -t ramfs ramfs /mnt/tmpmnt -o maxsize=128
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Copying /dev"
> /bin/cp -rp /dev/* /mnt/tmpmnt/
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mkdir /dev.state"
> /bin/mkdir -p /dev.state
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mount /dev.state"
> /bin/mount -o bind /dev /dev.state
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mount /dev"
> /bin/mount -o bind /mnt/tmpmnt /dev
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Creating ramfs for /var:"
> /bin/mount -t ramfs ramfs /mnt/tmpmnt -o maxsize=256
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Copying /var"
> /bin/cp -rp /var/* /mnt/tmpmnt/
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mkdir /var.state"
> /bin/mkdir -p /var.state
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mount /var.state"
> /bin/mount -o bind /var /var.state
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Mount /var"
> /bin/mount -o bind /mnt/tmpmnt /var
>
> /sbin/logger "/unslung/rc.bootbin Cleanup /var.state/log/"
> rm /var.state/log/*
>
>
> /bin/killall -9 syslogd
> /bin/killall -HUP syslog-ng
> /bin/sleep 3
>
>
> /bin/killall -HUP klogd
> /bin/sleep 3
>
>
> P.S. Ignore all the logger commands if you dont want syslog entries
to
> see what is going on. As the /var/log has moved, syslog or syslog-ng
> and klogd need to be recycled to get them logging in the new
> /var/log/messages location.
>
> Now your syslog is on a ram disk and will be lost at reboot,
therefore
> part of my shutdown/reboot script copies them from there to disk
> before shutting down.
> Something like this:
>
> /sbin/logger  "/unslung/rc.reboot saving logs then rebooting"
>
> # Move logs sent from DD-WRT to syslog server from RAMFS to disk
>
> cat /var/log/syslogs/DD-WRT/cron     >> /public/syslogs/DD-
WRT/cron.log
> cat /var/log/syslogs/DD-WRT/daemon   >> /public/syslogs/DD-
WRT/daemon.log
> cat /var/log/syslogs/DD-WRT/syslog   >> /public/syslogs/DD-
WRT/syslog.log
> cat /var/log/syslogs/DD-WRT/user     >> /public/syslogs/DD-
WRT/user.log
> cat /var/log/syslogs/DD-WRT/authpriv >>
> /public/syslogs/DD-WRT/authpriv.log
>
>
> # Move slug logs from RAMFS to disk
>
> cat /var/log/samba/log.nmbd
>> /public/syslogs/slug1/samba/log.nmbd
> cat /var/log/samba/log.smbd
>> /public/syslogs/slug1/samba/log.smbd
>
> cat /var/log/auth.log    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/auth.log
> cat /var/log/cron.log    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/cron.log
> cat /var/log/daemon.log  >> /public/syslogs/slug1/daemon.log
> cat /var/log/debug       >> /public/syslogs/slug1/debug
> cat /var/log/kern.log    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/kern.log
> cat /var/log/messages    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/messages
> cat /var/log/server.log  >> /public/syslogs/slug1/server.log
> cat /var/log/syslog      >> /public/syslogs/slug1/syslog
> cat /var/log/user.log    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/user.log
> cat /var/log/uucp.log    >> /public/syslogs/slug1/uucp.log
>
>
> Now you need to remount the drives with noatime, the wiki explains
why.
> In /opt/etc/init.d:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # /opt/etc/init.d/S00remount
>
> #set -x
>
> # A diversion script to remount the disks without access times being
> recorded
> /sbin/logger "/opt/etc/init.d/S00remount Starting"
> /sbin/logger "/opt/etc/init.d/S00remount Remounting /dev/sda1 with
> noatime:"
> /bin/mount -o remount,rw,noatime /dev/sda1
> /sbin/logger "/opt/etc/init.d/S00remount Remounting /dev/sda2 with
> noatime:"
> /bin/mount -o remount,rw,noatime /dev/sda2
> /sbin/logger "/opt/etc/init.d/S00remount Done"
>
> After a mount command you see this:
>
> /dev/sda1 on /share/hdd/data type ext3 (rw,noatime)
> /dev/sda2 on /share/hdd/conf type ext3 (rw,noatime)
>
>
>
>
> WIth that done spin-down works for me,  and the drive stays down.
You
> need to do it on a minimal system though. And since I have installed
> syslog-ng it does not spin-down anymore. I'm playing with a second
> slug now to find out why, maybe the conf file of syslog-ng also
needs
> to go on the ramfs.
> I also set my cron to do all clean ups etc once a day, to get the
time
> with NTP at the same time etc., so I had one spin up every 24 hours
if
> nothing else was in use.
>

I implemented the above steps on my slug, now it does not show up on
the network any more.  The one thing I added was making each of the
two new script executable:  "chmod +x init.d" for example.

I'm not entirely sure how to recover it.  I'm going to assume I
unplug the USB drives, boot, login then plug them back in to edit the
files.  Maybe I'll give that a shot next.

Hi,

I am currently using a manually bootstraped Debian (DebianSlug/LE)
mounting the rootfs over NFS. There are several upgrade procedures to
Debian/NSLU2 (etch) available (e.g. on
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/), but all assume the rootfs on a
external disk (usually /dev/sda1) and provide a special image for this
case. The etch installer on the other hand does not support an
installation to a NFS partition (not surprising). Does anyone has an
idea on

(a) how to do an upgrade using the existing NFS partition (in this
case an appropriate firmware image is needed, not assuming rootfs on
/dev/sda1)

(b) how to change the apex configuration of a Debian/NSLU2
installation to boot from a NFS partition (I already have a slug with
an installation on a USB stick for playing).


Thanks,
Matthias

Hello group,

This is my first post on the list :)
I´ve had a slug for quite a few time, but it´s just been a couple days since I
entered this list.

I recently bought a 320GB drive for my slug, so now I´m thinking on doing a
backup solution for the computers I have in my house. Right now there are 3 PCs
(windows & linux) and I´d like to make this as automated and invisible as
possible.
What is the best route to follow? Rsync? Are there any backup solution software
that may work with the slug?

BTW, Right now I´m running SlugOS/LE 3.10 Beta on top of a turboslug...

Regards,

Juan Cubillo
CostaRican Slugger!





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Hi,
There is actually a thread on this already. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be
resolved and
I am having exactly the same problem so I thought I'd try again.

Anyway, I have a Belkin Wireless USB stick for my slug. It's version 3 so uses
the RT73
chipset. I downloaded the RT2x00 source, compiled and installed it along with
firmware. It
set up ok and I can ssh in to slug over wireless.

The problem starts when I try and then unplug the ethernet cable. As soon as I
do that I
cannot ping the slug on either ethernet (obviously) nor wireless lan.

Does anyone have any ideas as I'm sure it must just be a config issue. I'm
pretty new to
linux so hopefully it's something obvious...

Many thanks,
Euan

FYI my interfaces files is:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

----------------------
# The primary network interface
#allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
         address 192.168.1.77
         netmask 255.255.255.0
         network 192.168.1.0
         broadcast 192.168.1.255
         gateway 192.168.1.1
         # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
         dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
         dns-search example.org

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
         pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
         address 192.168.1.78
         netmask 255.255.255.0
         network 192.168.1.0
         broadcast 192.168.0.255
         gateway 192.168.1.1
         # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
         dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
         dns-search example.org
         # wireless-channel 11
         # wireless-key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
         wireless-ap 00:0A:95:F1:C7:14
         wireless-essid Apple Network

----------------------

and route output is:
----------------------
Destination    Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
localnet           *                   255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
eth0
localnet           *                   255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0
wlan0
default            192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
default            192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
----------------------

Hi

I am trying to install Debian using the instructions posted at
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html. The install always
fails when formatting the memory stick I have connected (it is 8GB).
Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, how can I get around it?

Thanks in advance

Mark H

I have been successfully using Unslung 6.8 and Firefly music server
for some months now.  Today, an application (iBridge) used to control
my music streamer somehow caused my firefly installation to stop
working. While debugging it, the slug stopped booting from the hard
disk.  It powers up but hours later the ready light is still not on
and the unit cannot be accessed.  I can boot without disks and login.
  At that point I can attach the disks and they are recognized and the
data is still there.  However I cannot boot into an unslung mode with
disks attached.  My configuration is: NSLU2 formatted Maxtor drive on
Disk 2 used for unslung and firefly server. NTFS formatted Maxtor
drive on Disk 1.  Any help getting this back on-line is appreciated.

Pete

Pertinent portions of original message below:

> The problem starts when I try and then unplug the ethernet cable.
> As soon as I do that I cannot ping the slug on either ethernet
> (obviously) nor wireless lan.
>
> iface eth0 inet static
>        address 192.168.1.77
>
> iface wlan0 inet static
>        address 192.168.1.78

There's the root cause.  You cannot have a single system have two interfaces
on the same network, even if the two use different types of media.  There's
nothing in the Linux kernel that prevents you from doing this, but it
generally plays havoc with your routing tables, and confuses DHCP servers
and DNS servers, and results in generally unpredictable behavior when one of
the interfaces fails or is disabled.

So, you have two choices: either split your network into two distinct
subnets, one for wired and one for wireless, or you must arrange that only
one is active at a time.

The latter is actually easy to do.  Just remote the "auto wlan0" line or the
"auto eth0" line, whichever interface you don't want started at boot.  Then
when you switch, you need to execute something line "ifdown eth0; sleep 5;
ifup wlan0".  Since your ssh session will die, you'll need to do that in the
background via something like "nohup".  You might be able to get away
without the pause in-between, but I'd start with that just to give various
services a chance to die if they are going to do so.

That makes debugging particularly hard.  A serial console is very helpful.
See the wiki for how to add one, it requires a bit of soldering.  Since you
really don't need to see the boot messages, just be able to survive a
network shutdown and startup, you can also add a serial port via a
USB->serial adaptor, and start a login session on that serial adaptor.  That
way you can issue the commands from a direct login session to debug things.

The two-network thing will allow you to split the network, so that you can
have both interfaces running at the same time.  The routing table determines
which interface is used for what traffic, giving you some control over how
things are working.

Which raises an interesting point --- are you SURE that the wireless port is
working?  Since BOTH ports are on the same network, how do you know that
packets are flowing over the wireless at all?

I've worked on this in the past -- the sequence above will work just fine.
However, I don't use that anymore, I use dual networks for development work.
In addition to allowing me to run both interfaces simultaneously, it also
allows me to get the wireless card (in my case a zd1211 card) working with
the simpler WEP security on an isolated wireless subnet, while leaving the
main wireless network running WPA.

Mike (mwester)

Try http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/RepairingDiskErrors

Mike (mwester)

Hi Mark

On 7/4/07, mark801512 <mmarquee@...> wrote:

>  I am trying to install Debian using the instructions posted at
>  http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html. The install always
>  fails when formatting the memory stick I have connected (it is 8GB).
>  Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, how can I get around it?

You need to provide a little more information, like where in the
installation the installer fails.

My guess, based on your setup is that it fails when partitioning. If
so, are you using partman in the guided partitioning mode? My guess is
that you are not, and if so, could you try the default guided
partition scheme (all mounts on one partition). Also, if the install
is failing during partitioning, could you post the partition scheme
you are trying to use.

Gordon

--
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GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676

Nickolas Pitney wrote:
> I've just purchased a slug and its on its way to me.
> I have no experience with linux but would like the device to handle all of
> my newsgroup downloads.
> So that i can download in non-peak times without leaving my PC on.
>
> What's the best way of going about this?
> i.e. which firnware/OS, which client? any other tips?

Get yourself one of the "live" Linux CDs and experiment on your PC.
When you have something that works, try to set it up on your Slug.  If
you use a Debian-like Live CD and install Debian on your Slug, the
available packages will be the same.


Good luck,

Phil.

kuehmi79 wrote:
> I am currently using a manually bootstraped Debian (DebianSlug/LE)
> mounting the rootfs over NFS. There are several upgrade procedures to
> Debian/NSLU2 (etch) available (e.g. on
> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/), but all assume the rootfs on a
> external disk (usually /dev/sda1) and provide a special image for this
> case. The etch installer on the other hand does not support an
> installation to a NFS partition (not surprising). Does anyone has an
> idea on
>
> (a) how to do an upgrade using the existing NFS partition (in this
> case an appropriate firmware image is needed, not assuming rootfs on
> /dev/sda1)

In my case, I installed to a flash drive (sda1), removed the flash
drive from the NSLU2 and plugged it in to the fileserver where it is
mounted as /slugroot and NFS-exported.

I had to make some minor changes e.g. editting /etc/fstab, but it was
nothing complicated.

> (b) how to change the apex configuration of a Debian/NSLU2
> installation to boot from a NFS partition (I already have a slug with
> an installation on a USB stick for playing).

Well what do you really mean here?  I don't think that anyone has got
their Slug to actually boot (i.e. load its kernel) across the network,
though there may be support for that in some future version of APEX
(someone please correct me if I'm wrong).  So the kernel is still in
the Slug's flash.  Then, in a default Debian install you will have a
large initramfs also stored in the internal flash.  This initramfs
contains lots of modules and the Intel network microcode and I believe
that it is sufficient to mount the eventual root partition over NFS;
all that you need to do is to pass the right kernel command line
parameters.  There is Wiki documentation describing how to change the
command line that APEX passes to the kernel.

If you want to boot without the initramfs for some reason it all gets
more complex, mostly because of the microcode.  If you really want to
do this, tell me why and I'll write some more.

(One thing that I have not yet got to work is having multiple slugs use
the same NFS-mounted read-only root filesystem.  Has anyone done that?)


Regards,

Phil.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Farquharson"
<gordonfarquharson@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark
>
> On 7/4/07, mark801512 <mmarquee@...> wrote:
>
> >  I am trying to install Debian using the instructions posted at
> >  http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html. The install always
> >  fails when formatting the memory stick I have connected (it is 8GB).
> >  Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, how can I get around it?
>
> You need to provide a little more information, like where in the
> installation the installer fails.
>
> My guess, based on your setup is that it fails when partitioning. If
> so, are you using partman in the guided partitioning mode? My guess is
> that you are not, and if so, could you try the default guided
> partition scheme (all mounts on one partition). Also, if the install
> is failing during partitioning, could you post the partition scheme
> you are trying to use.
>
> Gordon
>
> --
> Gordon Farquharson
> GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676
>

Hi,

Thanks for the help.

Its doesn't seem to work if I use guided (which creates a very small
swap) or manual setup. I am trying to create a 512MB swap and a ext3
filesystem that files the rest of the 8GB stick.

I can post exact details when tonite.

Mark H

Good plan, thankyou




Phil Endecott-18 wrote:
>
> Nickolas Pitney wrote:
>> I've just purchased a slug and its on its way to me.
>> I have no experience with linux but would like the device to handle all
>> of
>> my newsgroup downloads.
>> So that i can download in non-peak times without leaving my PC on.
>>
>> What's the best way of going about this?
>> i.e. which firnware/OS, which client? any other tips?
>
> Get yourself one of the "live" Linux CDs and experiment on your PC.
> When you have something that works, try to set it up on your Slug.  If
> you use a Debian-like Live CD and install Debian on your Slug, the
> available packages will be the same.
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Phil.
>
>
>
>
>
>

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--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Endecott"
<spam_from_nslu2_linux@...> wrote:
>
> Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> > Btw, the "Preview" button did not work.
>
> This has been a problem for a long time.  If I recall correctly,
> Preview only works with Internet Explorer.
>
> I have tried to understand why, but I have been prevented by some sort
> of anti-hacking technology; when I try to download the Javascript that
> the edit page uses, I get this:
>
> <html>
>    <head>
>      <title>Forbidden</title>
>    </head>
>    <body>
>      <h1>Forbidden</h1>
>
>      <p>
>        Don't do that okay?  Trying to download the entire website is
not welcome.
>      </p>
>    </body>
> </html>
>
>
> If someone could switch that off I would investigate further.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil.
>

Have you tried "File -> Save Page As..." (from Firefox, although I'm
sure other browsers have a similar choice) while you're in the wiki
editor?  I think that will get the JavaScript stuff you want without
tickling the blocking.

Hello,

I have tried to install optware as described on
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Slugosbe
under OpenSlug 3.10 beta.
When I arrive to
/opt/bin/ipkg update
I get this error:
root@slimserver:~# /opt/bin/ipkg update
/opt/bin/ipkg: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
root@slimserver:~#
Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong - and what to do?

Thanyou for your valuable help - Fabio

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "mark801512" <mmarquee@...> wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Farquharson"
> <gordonfarquharson@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark
> >
> > On 7/4/07, mark801512 <mmarquee@> wrote:
> >
> > >  I am trying to install Debian using the instructions posted at
> > >  http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html. The install always
> > >  fails when formatting the memory stick I have connected (it is
8GB).
> > >  Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, how can I get
around it?
> >
> > You need to provide a little more information, like where in the
> > installation the installer fails.
> >
> > My guess, based on your setup is that it fails when partitioning. If
> > so, are you using partman in the guided partitioning mode? My guess is
> > that you are not, and if so, could you try the default guided
> > partition scheme (all mounts on one partition). Also, if the install
> > is failing during partitioning, could you post the partition scheme
> > you are trying to use.
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> > --
> > Gordon Farquharson
> > GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Its doesn't seem to work if I use guided (which creates a very small
> swap) or manual setup. I am trying to create a 512MB swap and a ext3
> filesystem that files the rest of the 8GB stick.
>
> I can post exact details when tonite.
>
> Mark H
>
When mine kept dying, during partitioning, I couldn't get past it. So
I partitioned the drive on a Kanotix PC and formatted the partitions
to EXT3 and swap. Then started the reinstall again, when it got to the
partitioning questions,I did the mount point bits and saved the data
to the drive etc., then I hit the "back" button and then just went
through all the options in the installer window, install base system,
create users etc. So apart from setting the mount points I bypassed
the partitioner.

It went perfectly then.

Cheers Brian

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "bloedmann999" <Brian_Dorling@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "mark801512" <mmarquee@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "Gordon Farquharson"
> > <gordonfarquharson@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Mark
> > >
> > > On 7/4/07, mark801512 <mmarquee@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  I am trying to install Debian using the instructions posted at
> > > >  http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/install.html. The install
always
> > > >  fails when formatting the memory stick I have connected (it is
> 8GB).
> > > >  Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, how can I get
> around it?
> > >
> > > You need to provide a little more information, like where in the
> > > installation the installer fails.
> > >
> > > My guess, based on your setup is that it fails when partitioning. If
> > > so, are you using partman in the guided partitioning mode? My
guess is
> > > that you are not, and if so, could you try the default guided
> > > partition scheme (all mounts on one partition). Also, if the install
> > > is failing during partitioning, could you post the partition scheme
> > > you are trying to use.
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gordon Farquharson
> > > GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Its doesn't seem to work if I use guided (which creates a very small
> > swap) or manual setup. I am trying to create a 512MB swap and a ext3
> > filesystem that files the rest of the 8GB stick.
> >
> > I can post exact details when tonite.
> >
> > Mark H
> >
> When mine kept dying, during partitioning, I couldn't get past it. So
> I partitioned the drive on a Kanotix PC and formatted the partitions
> to EXT3 and swap. Then started the reinstall again, when it got to the
> partitioning questions,I did the mount point bits and saved the data
> to the drive etc., then I hit the "back" button and then just went
> through all the options in the installer window, install base system,
> create users etc. So apart from setting the mount points I bypassed
> the partitioner.
>
> It went perfectly then.
>
> Cheers Brian
>
Forgot to say, my swap was too small at 32MB to generate the UTF8
locales, so later on I added a 100MB swap in a file.
Cheers Brian