[pocket-linux] My first question :) (about script in 5.3.7)

[Dominick Mancine]

What were the old and new mount commands?
Or, what were the old and new lines in your fstab file?


On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:03:21 -0000, Fabio Román Arbelo <fabio at coit.es> wrote:
> It works! :D
> 
> After hours trying to fix this mess, it works! What did I do? Very
> simple, I replace the mount command that I had in the pocket linux by
> the one I had in my system (Mandrake). The bad news is that I still have
> no idea of why it wasn't work. I tried everything I thought it could be
> a solution, but I didn't get any improve at all.
> 
> Well, now let's go to the next chapter! :)
> Thanks Dave for your support!
> 
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: pocket-linux-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us
> [mailto:pocket-linux-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us] En nombre de David
> Horton
> Enviado el: lunes, 28 de febrero de 2005 2:10
> Para: Support for Pocket Linux Guide
> Asunto: Re: [pocket-linux] My first question :) (about script in 5.3.7)
> 
> Fabio Román Arbelo wrote:
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> >       Dave, I did what you told me (type "mount -n -o remount,rw /"
> and also "mount -f -o remount,rw /" directly from the command-line) and
> it seems to work fine. If fact, after all the boot processes and before
> I type any "mount", I did this:
> >
> > ...
> > Checking local filesystem integrity.
> > /dev/ram0: clean, 104/1024 files, 3190/4096 blocks
> > Remounting / as read-write.
> > Segmentation fault
> > Mounting local filesystems.
> > Setting hostname.
> > INIT: Entering runlevel: 1
> > # df
> > Filesystem            1k-blocks               Used
> Available       Use%  Mounted on
> > /dev/ram0             3963                    3058            905
> 78%     /
> > # mount
> > /dev/ram0     on      /       type    ext2    (rw)
> > proc          on      /proc   type    proc    (rw)
> > #mount -n -o remount,rw /
> > #mount -f -o remount,rw /
> >
> > Everything seems to be ok, except for the "segmentation fault". Could
> you help me with this please? I´ve already tried to rebuild 'mount' from
> the util-linux package, but it doesn´t fix the problem. Maybe I should
> try another stable version of this package (util-linux-2.12i for
> example) What do you think?
> >
> > By the way, I am thinking of building a bootable Compact Flash based
> on your guide. I think it has to be easy, I mean, you only have to make
> a few changes. For example, GRUB commands, fstab file and, of course,
> copy all the files of both disks (root and boot) onto the compact flash.
> Do you think this is easier than building a bootable CD-ROM? (I´ve been
> reading your article about building a bootable CD-ROM and you are right,
> it is not easy at all, at least from my point of view :(
> >
> > Thank you very much!
> >
> 
> It could be that e2fsck, not mount, is giving you seg fault errors.  As
> rainer pointed out in a recent message the "--disable-dynamic-fsck"
> option for e2fsprogs' configure script will eliminate two additional
> dynamic library requirements.  If the libraries are missing it could be
> the source of the segmentation fault.  Try the configure option to see
> if the error message goes away.
> 
> As for flash card installs, there is a HOWTO that was just presented to
> the Linux Doc Project that includes some information on CompactFlash
> installation.  The address is for the section of interest is:
> http://www.cybcon.com/~coert/linux/siso/kernel-cf.html
> 
> Dave
> 
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