how do you load ikp to sd from xterm

[xiaman]

i have an sd card with ext3 format.
i want to load ipks to it as i only have a 750 running rc5. so no room .
what code do i put in xterm .to load  to the sd card .


thanks

[blakeyez]

Add something like

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dest sd /mnt/card
to your /etc/ipkg.conf... Then you can do

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ipkg -d sd install packagename
Dave

[xiaman]

this is going to sound  realy stupid but
i can see the file ipkg.conf in the directory  /etc
i don't know how to edit it what comand do i use
thanks

ps playing with my zaurus is my first experance with bash comands.

[xiaman]

ok edited ipkg.conf    in abi word.

when i go to install an ipk i get error

mkdir: cannot create directory '/mnt/card/home/tmp/ipkg/' :input/output error

i have tried to make directory in term but get input/output error.
i get this error in the home directory if i try ls command also

can any one help thanks

[blakeyez]

Is your SD card mounted?  (check 'mount').  Are you able to do:

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mkdir -p /mnt/card/home/tmp/ipkg
Check permissions on the root dir of the card, too.

Dave

[xiaman]

sorry i'm a newbe at this how do you Check permissions on the root dir of the card.

[blakeyez]

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ls -ld /mnt/card
The -l shows 'l'ong format list of files (extra info, including user/group and permissions), and the -d shows the referenced directory instead of its contents.

Dave

[xiaman]

cool thanks for the help.

did that command and get

drwxr-xr-x   4 root     root      1024 jan 1 15:41 /mnt/card

not sure what that means

[blakeyez]

That's fine.... Permissions basically are 3 sets of read-write-execute flags, one set each for owner (user), group, and everyone.  So rwxr-xr-x means the owner has full read/write/execute permission, and everyone else has read/execute but not write...

Anyway... Is /mnt/card mounted?  Run 'mount' and see if you see it listed there

Dave

[xiaman]

yes it came up in the list and with ext3 format.
but has (ro)  everyhting else has (rw)
my question now is how do i change write pomissions on the sd card.

[lardman]

umount it
fsck it
mount it

Si

[xiaman]

i want to thank blakeyes and lardman for helping so far you both have helped me alot in understanding comands.

i still have my problem when i install to sd card i get input output error. such as..
mkdir: cannot create directory '/mnt/card/home/tmp/ipkg/' :input/output error

this is what i have done..

to make ext3 on sd card

#umount /mnt/card
#mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcd/disc0/part1

edited /etc/ipkg.conf and added  at the bottom
dest sd /mnt/card

if i type mount it shows
/dev/mmcd/disc0/part1 on /mnt/card type ext3 (rw)

tried to load got input output error...

tried
umount
fsck
mount

now get this when i type mount
/dev/mmcd/disc0/part1 on /mnt/card type ext3 (rw,no suid,no dev)

still get input output error.

can any one see what i'm doing wrong?
what does no suid and no dev  mean?

[lardman]

what does no suid and no dev mean?

These are mount flags; don't worry about them.

still get input output error.

can any one see what i'm doing wrong?

There was a thread about input/output errors on pdaXrom. I used to get these errors with my 128MB MMC card. It is a peculiarity of pdaXrom as this doesn't happen to me with OZ. I'm not sure whether the developers managed to track the cause down.

Sorry I can't be of more help,


Si

[murple]

Ive gotten the same problem with ext2 filesystems.  I just use vfat and its been fine.

you gotta do what you gotta do

[xiaman]

well i've been trying to get my Z to load to a ext3 for a while after reading posts under "i/o errors"  i went out and got a kingston sd card , tried again and now it works.
i don't get the input output errors any more.
so i must tell everyone don't buy san disk cards .

(sorry for the second post on same subject didn't think to search  FaQ under i/o errors)