 /var Is Empty, system is hosed |
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 May 26 2005, 09:33 PM
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Zaurus model: 5500
kernel version: 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix opie last upgrade date: fresh install After installing 2.5.3 I was merrily oz-ing along when I decided to shutdown. I did so and reboot proceeded normally through the opie startup...then no opie, just a blank screen. I docked it and luckily usb networking was up, so I ssh'd over and started opie from a console so I could read the messages. They appeared normal, but no opie. To make a long story short, I stumbled into the /var directory and it was totally empty. Plus, tmpfs is mounted over var multiple times. root@collie:/# df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mtdblock4 14464 13624 840 94% / /dev/mtdblock6 31729 18 30073 0% /media/ram tmpfs 15080 0 15080 0% /var /dev/mmcda1 241145 97299 131395 43% /media/card tmpfs 15080 0 15080 0% /var tmpfs 15080 0 15080 0% /var tmpfs 15080 0 15080 0% /var tmpfs 15080 0 15080 0% /var Of course the z is unusable. This has happened with multiple installs and two different 5500s. Note: I just discovered that if I reboot and unmount /var the contents are recovered. So empty filesystems are being mounted over /var?? Note2: This remounting of /var is happening continually. I "fixed" things for now by tarring up /var and recreating it in /media/ram. I then commented out the tmpfs->/var mountpoint in fstab and made /var a symlink to /media/ram/var. Note3: As expected, the "fix" didn't work 
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May 28 2005, 09:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 8-December 03 Member No.: 1,066 |
Whoa!
Total install killer for a 5500 and _no-one_ responds? I'd discount it as holiday-weekend blahs, but developers are responding elsewhere. Where are the Oz-Team developers? Lardman, Mickey, whomever? When booting a fresh install of OZ 2.5.3 my /var dir is hosed within _minutes_. Is it that the 5500 is of no concern? This happens on two different 5500s. Jeff |
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May 29 2005, 07:11 AM
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I can't reproduce that here, sorry.
Are you sure that you didn't install any additional software before this happens? Or did you apply some tweak to your OZ? /var works as expected on my device. |
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