| Hello. > Greetings, > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Matthias Degenkolb <degmat@web.de> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I have 2 problems using the usb-hdd Live image profile in Debian Lenny > > and persistent settings. Hopefully somebody can help me. > > > > 1.) > > I have a 2 GB CF-card with the binary.img image flashed. The rest of the > > 2 GB CF card is supposed to hold a 2nd partition with snapshots > > ("live-sn") either as cpio archives or whatever. My problem: When I use > > the "persistent" flag, the system drops to console in initramfs without > > any error message. Without the "persistent" flag everything works fine(at > > least the system boots) but "live-snapshot --refresh" (or "live-snapshot > > --refresh -d /dev/hda2") nags that no resync string is contained in > > /etc/live.conf. How do I have to format and label hda2 to get this > > running? Do I need to set the persistent flag? > > I too am having an issue and looking in to this a bit. But to be sure > could you boot with debug param and paste live.log to > paste.debian.net? > > > Annotation: when setting persistent and formatting/labelling hda2 as > > "live-rw" persistence works (but causesa flash write every time a file is > > altered which significantly kills flash -- my native Debian install > > before destroyed the CF card in less than 7 months...) > > I have been wandering how long one would last. > > > 2.) > > Daemons like mpd or postfix nag that they cannot create log files and > > therefore don't start(e.g. /var/log/mpd/mpd.log). This is also the same > > when creating the folders in config/chroot_local-includes and chmod'ing > > them to 777. A "touch <filename>" in bash works flawlessly in the Live > > system. Is this a aufs specialty or a permission problem? I disabled > > autologin and work via own /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow > > files... > > > > Can anyone help me further? I couldn't find much helpful information on > > these issues... > > > > The hardware: > > Geode GX1 233 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2GB CF card in IDE adapter, 16 GB USB > > stick. > > > > > > > > > > The software: > > Debian Lenny > > live-initramfs V 1.156.1 + 1.57.1-1 > > live-helper V. 1.0.3-2 > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for everybody reading so far :) > > Welcome. > > > Regards, > > > > M. Degenkolb |