Jacob Burkamper: > The auplink / list call shows no output. Ok, it means the pseudo-links are unrelated to this problem.
> I added many fsck checks to places you suggested, It seems from them that > the errors are created at some point during the running of the > firmware-upgrade script, presumably the rsync. Once that rsync is > completed, the unit reboots itself. Upon boot, the errors exist immediately > and do not appear to change throughout the boot / init process, and do not > go away until manually repaired with fsck. Once manually repaired, the fsck ::: Then have you tried fsck before and after rsync? I guess "after rsync" means "just before reboot". > On occasion, the system will refuse to mount /ro as read only, and only a > reboot seems to solve the issue, do you think this is related? Why would > /ro be shown as having files opened by other programs, when I know that no > program points directly there? Yes, I think it is releated. If you cannot remount readonly, it means files under /ro is still opened for writing. Does it happen after rsync only? And lsof doesn't show anything? How about "strace -f -e trace=open,close rsync ..."? > It also appears that enabling journaling on the /dev/sda1 (root) drive > seems to eliminate the filesystem issues. With modern wear-leveling on > flash devices, I might be alright to enable journaling on the root drive to > safely solve the fsck issue, but I am worried that I would only be hiding > the problem, rather than solving the underlying issue. Agreed. It won't solve the problem. I'd suggest you to stick on ext2 for the investigation. If I start reading ubuntu kernel, then should I try trusty kernel 3.13.0-33.58 or else? J. R. Okajima ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk