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Re: Working USB-Sticks - 12 years ago
TJ Wrote: > > Has anyone developed a good way to partion the > work load between ro and rw so that they can be on > different sd cards or usb drives, one that will be > expected to wear out and the other that should > last?? I have a Dockstar booted from a usb flash drive but the swap space is a swap file on an external usb hard disk. This should prevent the flashby hanker - Debian
Re: Zyxel NSA320 : basic support for Debian installation - 12 years ago
Very interesting. I'm thinking about a possible upgrade to my current Dockstar, which is used as a seedbox, for sabnzbd, and as a NAS. How much RAM does the Zyxel box have?by hanker - Debian
Re: debian squeeze on sheeva plug rather than a pogoplug? - 12 years ago
I installed Debian on my sheevaplug's boot SD card using this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/esia/ It's been quite a while ago, but the sheevaplug still runs fine.by hanker - Debian
Re: Looking for a hackable ARM thingy with native Debian support (not Dockstar or GoFlex) - 12 years ago
dharry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think status quo for MythTV (Frontend) is it's > only running on x86 and there is no port to any > other platfrom (yet). Re: "(yet)": I'm patient :) > > But you can use XBMC with PVR Addon. The PVR Addon > supports diffrent Backends (tvheadend, vdr and > even mythby hanker - Debian
Re: Looking for a hackable ARM thingy with native Debian support (not Dockstar or GoFlex) - 12 years ago
Vlad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, > > I reall enjoy running Debian on my GoFlex Net > which is as of now the cheapest and the most > flexibel serverv I've ever had. However, it > already has to perform so much different tasks > that I start thinking about buying an additional > device. In particular, I'd be like iby hanker - Debian
Re: Getting "reading directory .: Input/output error" - 12 years ago
whoelse Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi > > Try smartctl with '-t sat' > > It works for my 500GB Western Digital USB drive on > my pogoplug. > > > root@debian:~# smartctl -i -H -d sat /dev/sda Thank you for your reply. I tried this on one of my Dockstar's external usb hard disks - a WD 1 TB SATA drby hanker - Debian
Re: Getting "reading directory .: Input/output error" - 12 years ago
Alec Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah, I've discovered the same problem with > smartctl and external USB harddisks. I don't think > one can get SMART info from a disk attached via > USB, but that is just from my own experiences and > can't prove that. I think there's a way to do it using an option on the command-by hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
Vlad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi hanker, > > The thing is that UBIT can boot the system even > without uInitd and I thought that UBOOT should be > able to do this too. > I updated the relevant part of the howto, though I > still have no idea why Jeff's kernel doesn't work > for you and bell. Thank you for youby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
New article so the thread will show new traffic: After playing with this new install for a while, I have to say that things are not exactly flawless. cron is going nuts and spiking the cpu to 100% about half the time. I haven't put anything in crontab - it's blank. This is on a fresh install, just idling. I did this: apt-get purge cron That stopped cron. I noticed thatby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
bell said: >install the "linux-image-2.6-kirkwood" kernel in the debootstrap environment Thanks for the suggestion. The 2.6-kirkwood kernel installed in the emulated armel environment with no errors, and the boot flash drive I ended up with boots fine. This is a good approach because it makes it so that the procedure isn't dependent on custom files downloaded from doozan.cby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
bell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hanker, > > I've seen the exactly same problem as you had. > With Jeff's v2.6.37 uImage/uInitrd, I cannot SSH > in. My solution was to install the > "linux-image-2.6-kirkwood" kernel in the > debootstrap environment (Although Vlad said "it's > not really a good ideby hanker - Debian
Re: Setting a kernel parameter at boot time? - 12 years ago
ingmar_k, laprjns: Thank you for your replies. Re: fw_setenv I have done this: I have added a fsprotect=20M kernel parameter. But this makes it to where the Dockstar won't boot. It turns out that there's some sort of incompatibility between the fsprotect package and the low-level stuff that u-boot does at boot time. I'm currently working on a different scheme to make myby hanker - uBoot
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
Vlad: I have gotten this to work with an earlier version of your procedure: Dockstar rootfs, Debian squeeze with proper kernel, 2.6.32-5-kirkwood, everything up-to-date, etc. Boots fine, etc. I have that version Clonezilla-cloned to a hard disk for safekeeping. I wanted to go through the procedure again and make a new rootfs image, and I can't get it to work again. The flash drive I prby hanker - Debian
Setting a kernel parameter at boot time? - 12 years ago
Greetings I'd like to get fsprotect working on my Dockstar. fsprotect is a Debian package that makes it so that I can make my boot usb flash drive read-only with a writeable layer in RAM. To enable fsprotect on a machine that uses GRUB 2, I would set a kernel parameter like so: fsprotect=$tmpfs_size So, e.g., if the Dockstar used GRUB 2 and I wanted to reserve 20 MB for the fsprotby hanker - uBoot
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
Vlad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hanker Wrote: > I added some additional infos on installing a > proper kernel. Hope that helps. Yes, that's very useful. Thank you! :)by hanker - Debian
Re: Read-only boot flash drive? - 12 years ago
I have done some more research into making my rootfs usb flash drive read-only using the method described here: http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/01/27/how-to-build-a-read-only-linux-system/ This method entails adding a hook file to /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks, adding an init-bottom script to /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom, and rebuilding the initramfs. I have done this on aby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
I got it to work. It boots the Dockstar just fine. Thank you. This is very useful! :) A few notes: I'm using a Dell Mini 9 netbook (Intel Atom processor) for a dev/testing machine. It boots from an external usb hard disk with Ubuntu 11.04 and everything up to date. One unexpected or "brittle" thing that happens during the procedure is that sometimes (but not every time) thby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
I've got a USB hard disk with Ubuntu 11.04, universe repository enabled, everything up to date. Everything worked correctly up until here: chroot /media/debian/ That finished without error: root@dm9-Inspiron-910:~# chroot /media/debian/ I have no name!@dm9-Inspiron-910:/# Next: /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage At the end of the output produced by that, I got tby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
Vlad Wrote: > or just take a Ubuntu 11.04 > live CD. Thank you for your reply! I made an Ubuntu 11.04 liveCD. I booted the Dell Mini 9 from it. I have a 4 GB fat32-formatted usb flash drive mounted at /media/UNTITLED, and I'm building the image on that. ********* Ahhh - never mind for now. I think I just need to uncomment the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list dealing with tby hanker - Debian
Re: Howto: Create Debian rootfs image for your GoFlex/Dockstar via debootstrap on a Ubuntu/Debian PC - 12 years ago
Greetings I am running through this how-to on a Dell Mini 9 netbook (Intel Atom processor) running Debian squeeze. Everything's up-to-date. $ uname -a Linux debian-dm9 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 3 04:15:24 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux Following the procedure up through here: apt-get update everything looks fine. But then the next command generates a lot of things that lookby hanker - Debian
Read-only boot flash drive? - 12 years ago
See the post below for more info... -hankerby hanker - Debian
Re: Unclean I tell you, unclean... - 13 years ago
> I do the same thing using multiple USB keys. I > guess a better questions is how to switch to ext3 > or 4 from ext2? I can't really help you there. Sorry.by hanker - Debian
Re: Unclean I tell you, unclean... - 13 years ago
glalonde Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > About once every six months the power goes off > long enough that even my UPS gives up, which > causes the DebianDock(dockstar with debian) to > just get cut off. Problem is, the last few times > this has happened, it will not reboot. The only > way I can fix this is boot my main PC in debian >by hanker - Debian
Re: Dockstar Debian USB does not boot after power failure - 13 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After a power failure, my Dockstar with Debian USB > stick does not boot any more. Unplugging it and it > will reboot back to pogoplug. I always make a > backup USB image whenever I install/uninstall some > packages, so I just restore it, it's not a big > problem. But please explain why? I vaguelyby hanker - Debian
Re: Java web server on dockstar - 13 years ago
bedek Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've just downloaded arm5 java from sun, my > question are: > > - What is you experience with that java for arm5 > ? > - Is it possible to run Jetty or Tomcat or any > other java web servers ? I'm running Subsonic on a Sheevaplug (same processor as Dockstar AFAIK). It works OK, butby hanker - Debian
Re: Backup of the Debian USB stick - 13 years ago
rat-netbook Wrote: > Clonezilla was the ONLY method that resulted in a > swap partition being created. The others didn't > even bother creating the partition at all. Clonezilla is a great tool. I have used it to produce bootable restores (with correct swap partitions) to various boot drives including my Dockstar boot hard disk, linux liveusbs, and a Mac OS X SSD. The onlyby hanker - Debian
Re: Getting "reading directory .: Input/output error" - 13 years ago
> Run smartctl from the linux box and see what SMART > says, ie > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Thank you for your reply :) I installed smartmontools. I ran smartctl on the drive and got this: $ sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdc smartctl version 5.38 Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Device: WDC WD10 EVDS-63U8B0by hanker - Debian
Getting "reading directory .: Input/output error" - 13 years ago
Greetings I have had a Dockstar running Debian squeeze since last September. It runs rtorrent 24/7, and has worked well so far. It has a 1 TB usb hard disk with ext3 file system hooked to it. Yesterday, I got this error when trying to do ls on a directory on that usb hard disk: $ ls ls: reading directory .: Input/output error $ Huh? That sounds like a possible hardware failure, buby hanker - Debian
Re: clone my USB ? - 13 years ago
DJDavid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Traduction (français > anglais) > Hello and thank you for your answer but can tell > me more, > because with http://clonezilla.org/ > I is not how? > and AC: > cp-a /.../ old / * new /.../ > it helps me not at all lol I wish my French were better. Download Clonezilla live from hby hanker - Debian
Re: clone my USB ? - 13 years ago
DJDavid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello there t there a way to clone my USB > because as I made mishandling I am forced > to reinstall all > So I have one or saving as a copy of the USB Key > thank you I have cloned my Dockstar's boot usb using Clonezilla. See http://clonezilla.org/ This is a Debian-based free opby hanker - Debian
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