David some nice questions. Answers from those in the know please.
Mart David Kerr wrote: > The asterisk-gui writes into its source directory > (/var/lib/asterisk/static-http/config) a fair amount to grab the output from > system commands that it executes. There is no reason why this has to get > mirrored onto the flash by unionfs. I could probably figure out how to > modify the asterisk-gui to write to some temp directory (that would be > ramdisk only, and not unionfs). Does astlinux have such a place? > Also, syslog files are another source of constant flash writes (asterisk, > dhcpd, others are always writing). Can this be moved to a ramdisk that is > not unionfs? > > What else (other than voicemail and CDR) is updated to flash on a regular > basis? > > Thanks > David > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Darrick Hartman > <dhart...@djhsolutions.com>wrote: > >> <20081230234655.b25dae38...@lizzy.djhsolutions.com> < >> 495abb45.80...@mhr.me.uk> >> Message-ID: <1700fa0442cb0b87f7e6a60437e79...@localhost> >> X-Sender: dhart...@djhsolutions.com >> Received: from 68-191-180-6.static.fdul.wi.charter.com [68.191.180.6] with >> HTTP/1.1 (POST); Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:22:25 -0600 >> User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> >>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:47:27 +0000, Martin Rogers >>>> <fromastlinux-us...@mhr.me.uk> wrote: >>>>> Michael Keuter wrote: >>>>>>> Michael Keuter wrote: >>>>>>>>> Since upgrading to 0.6.2, partitioning my flash disk and running >>>>>>>>> genunion I am now not only able to make ordinary configuration >>>>> changes >>>>>>>>> sticky but the root password too. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The trouble is however that if your mobo only supports a single >>> hard >>>>>>>>> disk channel, having multiple partitions does not really help. If >>>>> the rw >>>>>>>>> partition wears out it might as well all be on the same partition >>>>>>> >> anyway, as the whole flash module will need changing. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > You have still the possiblity to use an extra USB-Stick for the >>>>>>> > Keydisk (genkd script). >>>>>>> I was not aware that it was possible to make the root password sticky >>>>>>> using genkd, perhaps I missed something. I understood this needed >>>>>>> genunion. Genunion on a USB-stick was a non starter for me - the >>>>>>> USB-stick could not be detected at boot-up. Possibly a timing issue. >>>>>> No that's the wrong way. Before running genunion >>>>>> run genkd /dev/sdÅ (your USB-Stick). >>>>>> Check with "fdisk -l". Reboot then. >>>>>> Now run genunion and at the second question say "NO". Reboot again. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.astlinux.org/node/30 >>>>>> >>>>> Michael, thanks for your post. I did try the above, on more than one >>>>> occasion and with two different platforms, but after booting no >>>>> configuration was sticky. I had an error on bootup to do with detecting >>>>> the USB Stick. This was using the 0.6.1 VIA image. >>>>> >>>>> I then reverted to using a second on-board partition and got everything >>>>> working nicely, except for concerns about extending the life of the >>> disk. >>>> Honestly, I think this is all blown out of proportion. Recent flash has >>>> good built in wear leveling. Assuming you use a large enough disk, even >>> if >>>> you did have problems where portions of the disk were no longer >>> writable, >>>> the only affect should be the amount of free space on the device. The >>>> amount of data that's written to the CF is fairly small. If you're >>> super >>>> paranoid, use a 4GB card and swap it out proactively in a few years. >>> If you consider this as being commercially viable then we are looking at >>> different business models. >>> >>> Mart >> Given your options, the compact flash card is going to be more reliable >> than a usb stick. That's the point I was trying to make. The actual >> 'life' of a CF card or any other storage device is dependent on several use >> (user) factors. With the steps we've taken, there are minimal writes by >> default to the CF. >> >> AstLinux is intended to be a tool that you can use however you want to >> (within reason). If you don't want to store voicemails on a CF card, feel >> free to store them elsewhere. If you feel that a hard drive is going to be >> more reliable, then by all means, install it on a hard drive. >> >> Regards, >> >> Darrick >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> pay...@krisk.org. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
