On 05/10/2012 07:43 AM, sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Ben Greear:
>> The /cow directory is not visible in the aufs / file system, and
>> /etc/mtab also does not show /cow or /dev/loop1 (where /cow is mounted
>> before aufs is started on bootup).  I can go into more detail on how
>> /cow is mounted if you are unfamiliar with it...
>
> Simply you should move it under aufs before chroot by "mount -o move ..."

Can you be more specific on how to do that?  I really don't know much
about this sort of thing..just been spending a few days trying to get
the USB persistent image working properly on Ubuntu 12.04....

>> I tried telling aufs to remount as ro and del:/cow, but that doesn't seem to 
>> have
>> any affect (and there are no warning messages in 'dmesg').
>
> Do you mean aufs ignored "del:/cow" without any message?
> If so, tell me the detail. If the specified branch cannot be deleted,
> aufs should return error.

I'll send that later today when I get a chance to work on it some more.

>>    From what I can tell, the xino file is on the /cow mountpoint.
>
> Then you should move it to another place or use noxino (as in my
> previous mail).

I'll send the casper image that builds the aufs root fs when I get
in to work today.  Maybe you can suggest how to make it better.

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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