Thanks guys, I tried that and it seems to work now. Mark
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> wrote: > cp -rp might not be enough -- the docs are vague on what it does to > symlinks. cp -a may be a better bet. > > Also, you can convert ext2 to ext3 directly using tune2fs -j. > > > --Andy > > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 2:40 AM, Mark Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I updated my usb stick to the filesystem: > > <http://casper.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/filesystem/filesystem_etch_2009-11-30.tar.bz> > http://casper.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/roach/sw/binaries/filesystem/filesystem_etch_2009-11-30.tar.bz > > when I 'run usbboot' I get to: > > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 15794175 512-byte hardware sectors (8087 MB) > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 15794175 512-byte hardware sectors (8087 MB) > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through > sda: sda1 > sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk > EXT2-fs warning (device sda1): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as > ext2 > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k init > Warning: unable to open an initial console. > warning: `ntpd' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) > > and then the boot process freezes. I've repartitioned and rebuilt the > filesystem as ext3 and then simply copied (cp -rp) over the files as i've > done on other working usb sticks. Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > >
