restamp Wrote: > If it were me, I'd use 'lsof' to try to understand > what 'rsync' is doing during these sessions. I > suspect it may be maintaining either an open > unattached temp file or pipe which it is writing > to. Good idea. I started rsync and then did this: lsof | grep rsync and it turns out that rsync holds a number of files opby hanker - Debian
I've asked about this on forums.debian.net but have gotten no solution so far. I installed Debian to my Dockstar using the Doozan script. It also has two 1 TB usb hard disks hooked to it. The machine is used for only rtorrent and nfs. The flash drive contains only the system software and rtorrent. All of the data that rtorrent moves around is on the usb hard disks, including downloadeby hanker - Debian
rat Wrote: > I use the HP Flash Drive Formatter tool, it's for > windows, though. Fixes drives I couldn't do > ANYTHING with in other systems. So if you have a > Winbox somewhere, it's worth a try: > http://ergh.org/misc/SP27608-2.1.8.exe (Mirrored > on my own host, can't directly link to it from > HP's site) I tried using the HP utiliby hanker - Debian
rat Wrote: > How would you rate your usage? My Dockstar is > pretty quiet right now, barely uses swap and > mostly just writes logfiles. Can you describe what > you used your dockstar for to gauge the usage > pattern that would kill a thumbdrive in 5 months? Pretty heavy usage running rtorrent 24/7. There was usually about 40 - 50 MB swap. The drive that died haby hanker - Debian
hanker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I use a 4 GB Adata flash drive. It has worked > since I first set up the Dockstar/Debian in early > September. It's been running 24/7 since then > (except for a couple of power outages). No > problems at all with the flash drive. This Adata flash drive has been running 24/7 since last September,by hanker - Debian
rat-netbook Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hanker Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > $ cat /etc/rc0.d/K8halt > > $ cat: /etc/rc0.d/K8halt: No such file or > > directory > > > > > > There is something called K09halt that has > > The numbering order is less importby hanker - Debian
rat-netbook Wrote: > in /etc/rc0.d/K8halt > > > log_action_msg "Will now halt" > halt -d -f $netdown $poweroff $hddown > echo none > > /sys/class/leds/dockstar\:orange\:misc/trigger > } Thank you! I'd been wondering how to really use the LED but was too lazy to pursue it. ;) I'd like to try this but I noticby hanker - Debian
geodog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Given my problems with file corruption documented > elsewhere, I'd be grateful for recommendations for > best (safest) way to shut down dockstar. With no > LED action, and using recommended ADATA flash > drive with no read/write light, I'm never sure I > am doing it correctly, and experienceby hanker - Debian
fredl Wrote: > mtdblock1, sector 0 > This repeats exactly 516 times with different > sector numbers, but mostly "0" > > Any hints where to look at? > Thanks! After I posted this thread to the forum, I did a google search, and that found this thread, which is also on this forum: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,557,560,quote=1 Apparently it's noby hanker - Debian
daqingli616 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Received my Adata 4G flash drive, and tried to > install debian again on my dockstar. More than one > hour past, it is still not finished. Why it take > so long this time. Is it because I use a too large > partition? It took over an hour when I did the install on an Adata 4 GB flash drive. It woby hanker - Debian
hkramski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I know it's off topic, but you really should > have a look at > > http://spritesmods.com/?art=macsearm Epic. Very very nice. :)by hanker - Debian
alphawave7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > then the light > goes out (consistent with an external-booted > Linux?), Yes. > and I no longer have SSH access. Doozan > indicates it may be an IP issue, but I do not run > a dhcp server, my wlan/lan is entirely manually > assigned IP's. This may be a problem. The Dockstarby hanker - Debian
alphawave7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > into my first issue: fdisk 'command not found'. > How should I proceed, knowing I have no other > Linux machines around. TIA for helping with this > issue, and helping me realise my ultimate goal! :D fdisk must be issued as root. Do su first and input your root password when it asks for it.by hanker - Debian
Edit: I see that 1) search is a good thing, and 2) this is not a problem. Never mind :) I have a Dockstar running Debian squeeze as installed by Jeff's script. This has been working well, 24/7, for about two months. The Dockstar is used only for rtorrent, and it has been very stable. We had a power outage again today, so I rebooted the Dockstar and launched rtorrent. After a while, rtorby hanker - Debian
I use a 4 GB Adata flash drive. It has worked since I first set up the Dockstar/Debian in early September. It's been running 24/7 since then (except for a couple of power outages). No problems at all with the flash drive. On the newegg site here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/2fgnpleby hanker - Debian
There was a short a power outage today (grrr). I came back home, and the Dockstar's LED was off, indicating (as I understand it) that the linux kernel had control. I tried to ssh in to it, and got no reply. So I unplugged and re-plugged the Dockstar's power supply. The LED started flashing (which means that the bootloader is running as I understand it), and then it stopped flashing andby hanker - Debian
Anima79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you for your reply, hanker! > > Now, that you mention it, I remember not having > seen this references to mtdblocks earlier when > issuing fdisk -l. Is there a chance to get rid of > these? Sorry, if this is a beginner's question - I > am not that used to Linux... I'm not eiby hanker - Debian
Anima79 Wrote: > However: when issuing a fdisk -l, all mtdblocks > (mtdblock0, mtdblock2, mtdblock3) are marked as > (for example) "Disk /dev/mtdblock0 doesn't contain > a valid partition table". Not sure what the difference is, but when I issue an fdisk -l command, the output contains no reference to mtdblocks at all.by hanker - Debian
I have a Clonezilla (which is Debian-based) liveusb stick that I can use to boot an Atom netbook. I then use that to do image backups (to a usb hard disk) of the Dockstar boot usb as well as the netbook's SSD, Sheevaplug boot SD cards, and other liveusb sticks. All the images, when restored, are bootable. Clonezilla image restores create a device with exactly the same partition structureby hanker - Debian
I'm getting about 22 MB/s raw read performance using dd. Also I get decent disk speed reading from and writing to to the Dockstar's hard disks over the network, so I've concluded that the relatively slow performance I'm seeing when using rsync between the two hard disks on the Dockstar is a function of using rsync. It's no big deal, and I'm just gonna leave well enouby hanker - Debian
>It appears to be a software problem. You can try changing >the mountpoint. The /tmp directory is typically mounted as a >ramdisk on embedded systems. Show the mounted file systems >with "mount" (no parameters). "tmpfs" is a ramdisk. OK, so I get this as part of the output of mount: tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime) I guess I would do something lby hanker - Debian
Hendrik wrote: > where's your mountpoint located? > Is it on the NAND or on a flash drive? I read > that this can be a bottleneck. Better use a > ramdisc for the mountpoint. > (havn't tested it. I just read it in a tutorial) The mountpoints are on the flash drive, /media/usb_1 and /media/usb_2. How would I move the mountpoints to ramdisk? How big of a ramdisby hanker - Debian
Johannes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Measure the raw read performance, bypassing any > encryption and file system overhead: > > dd if=/dev/sdx of=/dev/null bs=100M count=10 > > This command reads the first gigabyte of /dev/sdx > (where sdx is sda, sdb, sdc,... whatever your hard > disk is called) and reports the read speed whby hanker - Debian
wambo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi > > I had the same problem after I format the drive > with ext3 the speed increased up to 20 MB/s Both of my drives are ext3. :\by hanker - Debian
Greetings I have a Dockstar running Debian Squeeze. (Thanks, Jeff!) It's used for torrenting and as a NAS, and it works great for the most part. I have two 1 TB SATA drives hooked to it. These drives are copies of one another: they are rsynced once a day. (The drives contain music and video files.) I originally duplicated one drive to the other using rsync on a Dell Mini 9 netbookby hanker - Debian
I see. Shouldn't be a problem then :) Thank you very much for your help.by hanker - Debian
A-ha! Very good. Thank you for your reply :) Could I lengthen the time I have to find its DHCP-assigned IP address by disconnecting my LAN/router from the internet? It would be nice not to have to deal with the Pogoplug stuff at all.by hanker - Debian
Greetings I have just ordered a Dockstar. I'm coming over from the Sheevaplug development kit world. I have a Sheevaplug running Debian squeeze that's used for rtorrent and NAS. So I know a little about this stuff but not a whole lot. I'm slightly confused about what I do when I first start with the Dockstar. From what I've been reading here, I assume that when I get it,by hanker - Debian