Greetings, On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Matthias Degenkolb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I have 2 problems using the usb-hdd Live image profile in Debian Lenny and > persistent settings. Hopefully somebody can help me. > > 1.) > I have a 2 GB CF-card with the binary.img image flashed. The rest of the 2 > GB CF card is supposed to hold a 2nd partition with snapshots ("live-sn") > either as cpio archives or whatever. My problem: When I use the "persistent" > flag, the system drops to console in initramfs without any error message. > Without the "persistent" flag everything works fine(at least the system > boots) but "live-snapshot --refresh" (or "live-snapshot --refresh -d > /dev/hda2") nags that no resync string is contained in /etc/live.conf. How > do I have to format and label hda2 to get this running? Do I need to set the > persistent flag?
I too am having an issue and looking in to this a bit. But to be sure could you boot with debug param and paste live.log to paste.debian.net? > > Annotation: when setting persistent and formatting/labelling hda2 as > "live-rw" persistence works (but causesa flash write every time a file is > altered which significantly kills flash -- my native Debian install before > destroyed the CF card in less than 7 months...) I have been wandering how long one would last. > > 2.) > Daemons like mpd or postfix nag that they cannot create log files and > therefore don't start(e.g. /var/log/mpd/mpd.log). This is also the same when > creating the folders in config/chroot_local-includes and chmod'ing them to > 777. A "touch <filename>" in bash works flawlessly in the Live system. Is > this a aufs specialty or a permission problem? I disabled autologin and work > via own /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow files... > > Can anyone help me further? I couldn't find much helpful information on > these issues... > > The hardware: > Geode GX1 233 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2GB CF card in IDE adapter, 16 GB USB stick. > > > > > The software: > Debian Lenny > live-initramfs V 1.156.1 + 1.57.1-1 > live-helper V. 1.0.3-2 > > > > > Thanks in advance for everybody reading so far :) > Welcome. > Regards, > > M. Degenkolb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
