On Sun, November 7, 2010 11:30 am, Jeremy Visser wrote: > Is the root filesystem read/write or read-only? Can you write to it > anywhere?
Jeremy, thanks also, any thought where to look for 'built-in' urls for web access guess not r/w ?: / # touch new1 touch: new1: Read-only file system / # / # ls -al drwxrwxr-x 1 510 511 2048 Sep 24 08:34 . drwxrwxr-x 1 510 511 2048 Sep 24 08:34 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 61440 Jan 28 2010 Test.fat drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 bin drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 dev drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 etc drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 lib lrwxrwxrwx 1 510 511 11 Sep 24 08:34 linuxrc -> bin/busybox drw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2048 Nov 7 2010 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 mnt dr-xr-xr-x 81 root root 0 Nov 7 2010 proc drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 sbin drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Nov 7 2010 sys drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Nov 7 03:49 tmp drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 tmp_orig drwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 2048 Jan 28 2010 usr lrwxrwxrwx 1 510 511 4 Sep 24 08:34 var -> tmp/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 510 511 4919683 Jan 28 2010 vmlinux / # / # df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/root 98.0M 98.0M 0 100% / /dev/mtdblock/2 40.0M 1.3M 38.7M 3% /usr/local/etc /dev/rd/0 40.0k 40.0k 0 100% /mnt/rd /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 144.6G 33.3G 111.3G 23% /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 4.0G 266.0k 4.0G 0% /tmp/hdd/livepause /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 151.9M 34.5M 109.5M 24% /tmp/hdd/root / # / # chroot BusyBox v1.1.3 (2009.12.18-04:22+0000) multi-call binary Usage: chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND...] Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. > If you can write somewhere and have plenty of storage (>300MB), I'd > start by creating a Debian chroot. Use debootstrap, tell it you want mips, > and upload it to the device. > > Of course, it doesn't look like the telnet interface you have supports > chroot, so you will need to fish out busybox-static from Debian (the mips > version, of course), and go from there. > >> and, lm-sensors to control fan speed, if possible ? > > If the hardware supports it, then possibly, but I believe the kernel > also needs support. I don't know whether the device's kernel is in ROM or > not. > > If the kernel doesn't support it, you'll likely need to grab the source > from the manufacturer's website. (Although you may be waiting a long time. > NetComm didn't publish the source to one of their routers on their > site, and said they only send it on a CD for $10 postage. Fortunately after > >60 days they decided to upload the source to their FTP site > instead.) > -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
