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Misiurei

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« on: May 02, 2005, 07:50:39 am »
Hi, when installing to sd (for example kopi) I get the message "Cannot create symlink" to various places, e.g. "./opt/QTPalmtop/lib/linmikrokcal.so.1 to libmikrokcal.so."
Then I ipkg-link mount to sd, which runs fine, reset and: there is the applet and it works sometimes (as in the case of kopi) but in others not.  What is wrong - or: What do I do wrong?
Thanx for help
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2005, 09:33:55 am »
What format is the SD card?

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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2005, 03:01:59 am »
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What format is the SD card?

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VFAT - for I needed it for flashing.
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2005, 06:16:25 pm »
It needs to be in ext2 format for the linking to work properly
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2005, 04:08:02 am »
But beware - in my experience, and I believe others have said the same, if your card is a sandisk, ext2 is unreliable to say the least. Search the forums for more.

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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2005, 08:25:21 am »
Misiurei: you will probably benefit by setting up multiple partitions on your SD card. Instructions are at https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Multip..._a_CF_/_SD_card. Keep the first partition as VFAT and set up a second one as ext2. Then make sure you install packages to the second partition (edit /etc/ipkg.conf accordingly).

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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2005, 08:38:29 am »
Or use Ktrove to move the app once installed to RAM.  This will alow you to keep VFAT on the CF / SD cards so they can be used to reflash your zaurus if required.
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2005, 09:05:47 am »
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Misiurei: you will probably benefit by setting up multiple partitions on your SD card. Instructions are at https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Multip..._a_CF_/_SD_card. Keep the first partition as VFAT and set up a second one as ext2. Then make sure you install packages to the second partition (edit /etc/ipkg.conf accordingly).

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Thanx all for help - especially the last hint is helpfull. But strange things are happening since my post. Most programs I have installed (on Zaurus SL6000L) like opie-writer/reader, kstars, etc.. do in fact work on the Vfat-SD card; only Gutenbrowser produces probs, but I have just managed to test-download two texts which I can read. If this behaviour remains/sustains (I am not sure about the right word), then I won't change the format (in my case I would mean to re-install all the programs)

Also: When flashing OZ I made the mistake to format my SDcard with ext2, and then had to re-format it. Suddendy neither my notebook nor the Zaurus could recognise the SD card, so I repeated the procedure again and again. Don't want to have it again.
By the way: Is there any explaination for the need to have a VFAt card for flashing and an ext2 card for software???
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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2005, 10:16:28 pm »
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Misiurei: you will probably benefit by setting up multiple partitions on your SD card. Instructions are at https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Multip..._a_CF_/_SD_card. Keep the first partition as VFAT and set up a second one as ext2. Then make sure you install packages to the second partition (edit /etc/ipkg.conf accordingly).

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The instructions on the page Zenyatta (May 5) references are good, but the ipk with fdisk, mkfs, and mkswap is missing from Killefiz.de . Does anybody know how to dind it elsewhere? Incidentally, 3.5.3 includes fdisk, so the absence of the others is rather disconcerting when you get parteay through the partition-creating process.
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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2005, 11:31:22 pm »
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The instructions on the page Zenyatta (May 5) references are good, but the ipk with fdisk, mkfs, and mkswap is missing from Killefiz.de . Does anybody know how to dind it elsewhere? Incidentally, 3.5.3 includes fdisk, so the absence of the others is rather disconcerting when you get parteay through the partition-creating process.
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Please do not use any ipks from killefiz when the same apps are available from the official feeds.
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2005, 10:59:25 am »
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The instructions on the page Zenyatta (May 5) references are good, but the ipk with fdisk, mkfs, and mkswap is missing from Killefiz.de . Does anybody know how to dind it elsewhere? Incidentally, 3.5.3 includes fdisk, so the absence of the others is rather disconcerting when you get parteay through the partition-creating process.[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=69&t=7196]This post[/url] will lead you in the right direction. Helped me
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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2005, 09:34:46 am »
Thank you again for help and hints. But: I didn't change anything until now. When first install didn't work I ve tried another one. Just ignored the symlink-messages. With this maybe diletant procedure  there are running on VFAt formated CF and SD cards (both 256Mb) without probs on my Zaurus 6000:
+KoPi
+opie record
+opie-write
+ wellenreiter
+ U-Bahn-Navigator
+ Gutenbrowser
+ formatter
+ Kstars
+ Dict
+ various themes, fonts and extensions
+opie-embedded console.

The installing procedure is always the following:
install (best via console, for packagemanager likes to hang), then ipkg-link mount the card, then reboot, then have fun...

Only I am missing a good word processor for I am writing a lot... But this subject has already been discussed. Hancom Word doesnot install. We need to have a light office-package!!!

So: Is there an explaination why it works in this case against all recommendations?
« Last Edit: May 14, 2005, 09:36:30 am by Misiurei »
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« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2005, 10:56:08 am »
These apps don't require any symlinks to be created between files on the card.

This is why any libs or apps with libs will probably fail to install as they create symlinks from the .so.X.x to .so.X and .so.X to .so files.

There may possibly be other problems which could be caused by the lack of permissions on the fat card.


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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2005, 02:43:29 am »
Convinced!
So I reformated my cf-card to etx2 and reflashed gpe (because of the availibility of abiword). The sd-card with VFAT will be used for file transfer.
Everything seems to be fine (to have a good word processor is really something) UNTIL I have tried to install an e-mail client (by the way: why is there none with the image?).
Sylpheed and Thunderbird are complaining about the same missing library (libx11-6) - but it is there; when I want to install it via ipkg it says it is up-to-date.
What to do?

Tnanx again for help.
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2005, 05:28:58 am »
Use -force-depends in this case - it may be that the diet-x11 lib is named differently (different minor version or something), or perhaps the apps in question were built against a slightly later build of x11/diet-x11.

In any case, it shouldn't make any difference, just force it.


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