SD Permissions Problem? - Can\'t backup or install to SD

[Nefir]

I\'ve had my Z 6000 for about a week now, and I am loving it. I am not a Linux expert, but I do use it almost daily at work as a web developer.

I decided to format my SD card to ext2, since I\'ll really be only using it on the Zaurus. I followed the instructions in ZUG\'s how-to section, and it works perfectly, however it seems there is some subtle permission problem.

SD does not even appear as an option in the interface installer, but I added it to the ipkg.conf file and can install to SD succesfully via command line.

What really bothers me though is that I cannot backup using the interface. When I pick \"SD\" it says that SD card is not found. Does anyone know which user/group permissions should be granted and to what files on the SD card? Thanks in advance.

[cvmiller]

Yes, there is a permissions problem (at least there was one for me).

You need to fire up the Terminal, su to root cd /mnt/card

Then, issue the following command
chown -R zaurus *
chgrp -R qpe *

That will change everything (including the directories) to be owned by Zaurus. You may have to back up one directory (that is /mnt) and issue these commands to include /mnt/card as well.

I hope this helps,

Craig...

[Nefir]

Thanks, but it did not seem to work. I chowned everything from /mnt/card (including card) to zaurus:qpe, and even rebooted, but the symptoms persist.

The Zaurus KNOWS there\'s a SD card there because I unmount it with the icon, but for some reason the backup tool and the installer just refuse to acknowledge it...

[Nefir]

Problem fixed!

Thought I\'d share my solution with the forum, just incase.

Here\'s what I did:

1)Unmount SD card
2)rm -rf /mnt/card
3)ln -s /usr/mnt.rom/card /mnt/card

I had my SD mounting IN /mnt/card (a real directory) instead of mounting in /usr/mnt.rom/card, where Zaurus apparently looks for the card. I am so happy