Hello,
due to file system problems (filesystem panic, FAT error, drive was always remounted read only automatically) I had to reformat my /hdd3 (SL-C3000) and restore a backup. fsck.vfat didn't help anymore.
I unmounted it and did a mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda3
Well, now I'm afraid that I'll have file system problems again, and I really don't want to go through this procedure once more.
So I wondered if I can easily instead format it with ext2 or even ext3 without having problems. Anyone knows?
I don't see any point in making this drive vfat. I think this is only important if the drive is read by a Windows machine, which is never the case in the SL-C3000.
Even if the contents are provided by Samba through the network, the file system doesn't matter. Only (maybe?) if the usbstorage PC link setting is used, but I avoid that anyway.
Thanks a lot
daniel
Full Version: /hdd3 As Ext2?
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Yes you can but you will need to edit the ro.filesys script (I think that's it) to change the mount commands to be ext3 instead of vfat. If you do that it will work just fine, with the exception that a windows box won't be able to mount it as usual.
--Chris
--Chris
QUOTE(daniel3000 @ Aug 20 2005, 04:33 AM)
Hello,
due to file system problems (filesystem panic, FAT error, drive was always remounted read only automatically) I had to reformat my /hdd3 (SL-C3000) and restore a backup. fsck.vfat didn't help anymore.
I unmounted it and did a mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda3
Well, now I'm afraid that I'll have file system problems again, and I really don't want to go through this procedure once more.
So I wondered if I can easily instead format it with ext2 or even ext3 without having problems. Anyone knows?
I don't see any point in making this drive vfat. I think this is only important if the drive is read by a Windows machine, which is never the case in the SL-C3000.
Even if the contents are provided by Samba through the network, the file system doesn't matter. Only (maybe?) if the usbstorage PC link setting is used, but I avoid that anyway.
Thanks a lot
daniel
due to file system problems (filesystem panic, FAT error, drive was always remounted read only automatically) I had to reformat my /hdd3 (SL-C3000) and restore a backup. fsck.vfat didn't help anymore.
I unmounted it and did a mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda3
Well, now I'm afraid that I'll have file system problems again, and I really don't want to go through this procedure once more.
So I wondered if I can easily instead format it with ext2 or even ext3 without having problems. Anyone knows?
I don't see any point in making this drive vfat. I think this is only important if the drive is read by a Windows machine, which is never the case in the SL-C3000.
Even if the contents are provided by Samba through the network, the file system doesn't matter. Only (maybe?) if the usbstorage PC link setting is used, but I avoid that anyway.
Thanks a lot
daniel
QUOTE(crstophr @ Aug 21 2005, 02:15 AM)
Yes you can but you will need to edit the ro.filesys script (I think that's it) to change the mount commands to be ext3 instead of vfat. If you do that it will work just fine, with the exception that a windows box won't be able to mount it as usual.
--Chris
--Chris
hmm - no such script here, at least I couldn't find it.
So you know its location or does anyone know if it's called differently in cacko ROM?
thanks
daniel
QUOTE(daniel3000 @ Aug 21 2005, 02:13 PM)
QUOTE(crstophr @ Aug 21 2005, 02:15 AM)
Yes you can but you will need to edit the ro.filesys script (I think that's it) to change the mount commands to be ext3 instead of vfat. If you do that it will work just fine, with the exception that a windows box won't be able to mount it as usual.
--Chris
--Chris
hmm - no such script here, at least I couldn't find it.
So you know its location or does anyone know if it's called differently in cacko ROM?
thanks
daniel
Did you try a reinstallation of Sharp Rom v1.11JP ?
OR with menu on+OK , option 3 then 1. (reset /hdd3 to factory settings)
[quote=Cyril92,Aug 22 2005, 02:08 PM]
hmm - no such script here, at least I couldn't find it.
So you know its location or does anyone know if it's called differently in cacko ROM?
thanks
daniel
[/quote]
Did you try a reinstallation of Sharp Rom v1.11JP ?
OR with menu on+OK , option 3 then 1. (reset /hdd3 to factory settings)
[/quote]
No, I backed up all data and did a mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/hda3.
But I think that is what happens if the hdd3 is set to factory defaults (and some standard directories may be created, but they are in my backup already, so no need to let them create).
I also found the script now, it is called /etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys, but it contains only the line
Is there any other config file / script holding the relevant information or is the filesystem type determinded automatically under Cacko ROM?
daniel
hmm - no such script here, at least I couldn't find it.
So you know its location or does anyone know if it's called differently in cacko ROM?
thanks
daniel
[/quote]
Did you try a reinstallation of Sharp Rom v1.11JP ?
OR with menu on+OK , option 3 then 1. (reset /hdd3 to factory settings)
[/quote]
No, I backed up all data and did a mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/hda3.
But I think that is what happens if the hdd3 is set to factory defaults (and some standard directories may be created, but they are in my backup already, so no need to let them create).
I also found the script now, it is called /etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys, but it contains only the line
CODE
#exit 0
Is there any other config file / script holding the relevant information or is the filesystem type determinded automatically under Cacko ROM?
daniel
found this http://thegrinder.ws/zaurus/conver-t-hdd3-...xt3-filesystem/ , its a nice how-to, it is not mine but I put it up on my site anyways, let me know if it turns out ok.
I started looking into this too, I too only found one line of code, how unusual.
Some more nfo, everything I have read so far says the first poting I did is correct.
you can see where its forcing the fs to be ext3
CODE
$ diff rc.rofilesys.orig rc.rofilesys
84c84
< mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/${IDE1}3 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
---
> mke2fs $MKE2FSOPT /dev/${IDE1}3 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
105c105
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t $LINUXFMT -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
202c202
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t ext3 -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
264c264
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t ext3 -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
84c84
< mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/${IDE1}3 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
---
> mke2fs $MKE2FSOPT /dev/${IDE1}3 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
105c105
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t $LINUXFMT -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
202c202
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t ext3 -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
264c264
< mount -t vfat -o noatime,quiet,umask=000,iocharset=utf8 /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
---
> mount -t ext3 -o noatime /dev/${IDE1}3 /hdd3
you can see where its forcing the fs to be ext3
seems you have to compile the rc.rofilesys
and then make the 4 changes for your hdd.
CODE
Procedure:
1. /root/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys compilation
# mount -o remount and rw /
# cd /root/etc/rc.d
# cp -p rc.rofilesys rc.rofilesys.org
# vi rc.rofilesys
1. /root/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys compilation
# mount -o remount and rw /
# cd /root/etc/rc.d
# cp -p rc.rofilesys rc.rofilesys.org
# vi rc.rofilesys
and then make the 4 changes for your hdd.
this one is interesting, it actually does a fsck during boot, no more maintenance menu
from a A300(btw)
I might actually do that.....
from a A300(btw)
CODE
#!/bin/bash
#export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin.rom:/usr/bin.rom
KERNEL_MODULE=/lib/modules.rom/`/bin/uname -r`/kernel
RAM_MTD_NO=`cat /proc/mtd | grep mtdram | tail -n 1 | cut -d: -f1 | cut -dd -f2`
RAM_MTD=/dev/mtd$RAM_MTD_NO
RAM_MTDBLK=/dev/mtdblock$RAM_MTD_NO
RAM_MTD_SIZE_HEX=`cat /proc/mtd | grep mtdram | tail -n 1 | cut -d" " -f 2`
RAM_MTD_SIZE=`dc 0x$RAM_MTD_SIZE_HEX 1024 /`
initlog -s $"found $RAM_MTD ${RAM_MTD_SIZE}\"Kbyte\""
SD_HOME=/dev/mmcda2
shponmode=$(oncheck)
#
## HW reset or SW reset ?
#
if [ "$shponmode" = "HW Reset" ]; then
### HW Reset !
if [ -x /sbin/insmod ]; then
action "Loading devinfo:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/arch/arm/mach-cotulla/devinfo.o
action "Loading SD driver:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o
fi
if /bin/mount -t ext2 $SD_HOME /home 2> /dev/null; then
SD_EXIST=yes
echo $"OK, SD (/dev/mmcda2) is mounted to /home"
rm -f /home/.not_sd
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /tmp
else
SD_EXIST=no
/sbin/rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m
/sbin/rmmod devinfo
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /home
cd /
tar xf /root/.home_default.tar
mount -o bind /home/tmp /tmp
touch /home/.not_sd
fi
dd if=/dev/zero of=$RAM_MTD bs=1024 count=$RAM_MTD_SIZE 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
STRING=$"Starting filesystem: "
msg -n $STRING
if [ `expr "$RAM_MTD_SIZE" \>\= 10240` != "0" ]; then
BYTES_PER_INODE="2048"
else
BYTES_PER_INODE="1024"
fi
mke2fs -b 1024 -i $BYTES_PER_INODE $RAM_MTDBLK $RAM_MTD_SIZE 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
mount -t ext2 -o sync $RAM_MTDBLK /var
cd /
tar xf /root/.var_default.tar
# cd /var
# tar xf /root/.dev_default.tar
mount -o bind /var/dev /dev
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
else
failure "$STRING"
fi
msg
oncheck -clear > /dev/null 2>&1
#
else
### SW Reset.
STRING=$"Checking filesystem: "
msg -n $STRING
initlog -c "e2fsck -y -f $RAM_MTDBLK"
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
msg
elif [ "$rc" = "1" ]; then
passed $"$STRING"
msg
else
failure "$STRING"
echo
echo
echo $"*** An error occurred during"
echo $"*** the file system check."
echo $"*** Dropping you to a shell;"
echo $"*** the system will reboot"
echo $"*** when you leave the shell."
PS1=$"(Repair FS) \# # "; export PS1
sulogin
echo $"Unmounting file systems"
umount -a
mount -n -o remount,ro /
echo $"Automatic reboot in progress."
reboot -f
fi
mount -t ext2 -o sync $RAM_MTDBLK /var
# mkdir /var/dev 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
# cd /var
# tar xf /root/.dev_default.tar
mount -o bind /var/dev /dev
if [ -x /sbin/insmod ]; then
action "Loading devinfo:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/arch/arm/mach-cotulla/devinfo.o
action "Loading SD driver:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o
fi
if /bin/mount -t ext2 $SD_HOME /home 2> /dev/null; then
SD_EXIST=yes
echo $"OK, SD (/dev/mmcda2) is remounted to /home"
rm -f /home/.not_sd
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /tmp
else
SD_EXIST=no
/sbin/rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m
/sbin/rmmod devinfo
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /home
cd /
tar xf /root/.home_default.tar
mount -o bind /home/tmp /tmp
touch /home/.not_sd
fi
oncheck -clear > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
#export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin.rom:/usr/bin.rom
KERNEL_MODULE=/lib/modules.rom/`/bin/uname -r`/kernel
RAM_MTD_NO=`cat /proc/mtd | grep mtdram | tail -n 1 | cut -d: -f1 | cut -dd -f2`
RAM_MTD=/dev/mtd$RAM_MTD_NO
RAM_MTDBLK=/dev/mtdblock$RAM_MTD_NO
RAM_MTD_SIZE_HEX=`cat /proc/mtd | grep mtdram | tail -n 1 | cut -d" " -f 2`
RAM_MTD_SIZE=`dc 0x$RAM_MTD_SIZE_HEX 1024 /`
initlog -s $"found $RAM_MTD ${RAM_MTD_SIZE}\"Kbyte\""
SD_HOME=/dev/mmcda2
shponmode=$(oncheck)
#
## HW reset or SW reset ?
#
if [ "$shponmode" = "HW Reset" ]; then
### HW Reset !
if [ -x /sbin/insmod ]; then
action "Loading devinfo:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/arch/arm/mach-cotulla/devinfo.o
action "Loading SD driver:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o
fi
if /bin/mount -t ext2 $SD_HOME /home 2> /dev/null; then
SD_EXIST=yes
echo $"OK, SD (/dev/mmcda2) is mounted to /home"
rm -f /home/.not_sd
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /tmp
else
SD_EXIST=no
/sbin/rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m
/sbin/rmmod devinfo
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /home
cd /
tar xf /root/.home_default.tar
mount -o bind /home/tmp /tmp
touch /home/.not_sd
fi
dd if=/dev/zero of=$RAM_MTD bs=1024 count=$RAM_MTD_SIZE 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
STRING=$"Starting filesystem: "
msg -n $STRING
if [ `expr "$RAM_MTD_SIZE" \>\= 10240` != "0" ]; then
BYTES_PER_INODE="2048"
else
BYTES_PER_INODE="1024"
fi
mke2fs -b 1024 -i $BYTES_PER_INODE $RAM_MTDBLK $RAM_MTD_SIZE 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
mount -t ext2 -o sync $RAM_MTDBLK /var
cd /
tar xf /root/.var_default.tar
# cd /var
# tar xf /root/.dev_default.tar
mount -o bind /var/dev /dev
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
else
failure "$STRING"
fi
msg
oncheck -clear > /dev/null 2>&1
#
else
### SW Reset.
STRING=$"Checking filesystem: "
msg -n $STRING
initlog -c "e2fsck -y -f $RAM_MTDBLK"
rc=$?
if [ "$rc" = "0" ]; then
success "$STRING"
msg
elif [ "$rc" = "1" ]; then
passed $"$STRING"
msg
else
failure "$STRING"
echo
echo
echo $"*** An error occurred during"
echo $"*** the file system check."
echo $"*** Dropping you to a shell;"
echo $"*** the system will reboot"
echo $"*** when you leave the shell."
PS1=$"(Repair FS) \# # "; export PS1
sulogin
echo $"Unmounting file systems"
umount -a
mount -n -o remount,ro /
echo $"Automatic reboot in progress."
reboot -f
fi
mount -t ext2 -o sync $RAM_MTDBLK /var
# mkdir /var/dev 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
# cd /var
# tar xf /root/.dev_default.tar
mount -o bind /var/dev /dev
if [ -x /sbin/insmod ]; then
action "Loading devinfo:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/arch/arm/mach-cotulla/devinfo.o
action "Loading SD driver:" /sbin/insmod ${KERNEL_MODULE}/drivers/block/sharp_mmcsd_m.o
fi
if /bin/mount -t ext2 $SD_HOME /home 2> /dev/null; then
SD_EXIST=yes
echo $"OK, SD (/dev/mmcda2) is remounted to /home"
rm -f /home/.not_sd
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /tmp
else
SD_EXIST=no
/sbin/rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m
/sbin/rmmod devinfo
mount -t tmpfs /dev/shm /home
cd /
tar xf /root/.home_default.tar
mount -o bind /home/tmp /tmp
touch /home/.not_sd
fi
oncheck -clear > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
I might actually do that.....
maybe someone with more experience can explain that one, a fsck would be great during a hard reset.
QUOTE(bam @ Aug 22 2005, 07:51 PM)
found this http://thegrinder.ws/zaurus/conver-t-hdd3-...xt3-filesystem/ , its a nice how-to, it is not mine but I put it up on my site anyways, let me know if it turns out ok.
I get "This post is password-protected"...
Thanks for posting all the details. once I can read the article the puzzle will become complete I hope <g>.
I agree that an fsck during a hard reset would be great. However, maybe not during every hard reset but only after a crash (i.e. if the filesystem is not flagged clean) and after so-and-so many mounts.
daniel
unpassword protected it, oops....
no-one tried the fsck yet? well I might as well try it....
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