[SGVLUG] PogoPlug mount problem

[Matthew Campbell]

Thanks Rae,

I tried hard coding the paths to no avail.

Matt
 On Apr 4, 2013 11:49 PM, "Rae Yip" <rae.yip at gmail.com> wrote:

> My only suggestion is do the usual shell environment debugging. Try adding
> debugging flags to the rcS script, make sure PATH as inherited from init
> includes where mount and mkdir is, verify script is executable, etc.
>
> Good luck,
>
> -Rae.
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> There is an Arch available for the Pogoplug as well as debian, but then
>> you lose their web interface, anywhere access, cloud storage and mirroring
>> features.  Darned closed source benefits!  If it wasn't for those the world
>> would be open.
>>
>> # cat /etc/inittab
>> ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
>> ::respawn:-/bin/sh
>> #::respawn:-/bin/sh
>> #tty2::askfirst:-/bin/sh
>> #::ctrlaltdel:/bin/umount -a -r
>>
>> #
>>
>>  ---------
>> *Matthew Campbell*
>> Storage Solution Consultant
>> Storage Design and Engineering
>>
>> *Kaiser Permanente*
>> IMG-Systems Integration
>> 99 S. Oakland
>> Pasadena, CA 91101
>>
>> 626-564-7228 (office)
>> 8-338-7228 (tie-line)
>> 818-314-9897 (mobile phone)
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>> ---------
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>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Rae Yip <rae.yip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an /etc/inittab? ArchLinux switched to systemd; any chance
>>> that's what you're running?
>>>
>>> -Rae.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you John for your thoughtful answer.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately these are USB devices so I can't assume that they will be
>>>> mounted as the same device from boot to boot which is why I started down
>>>> the UUID route.
>>>>
>>>> # cat /proc/partitions
>>>> major minor  #blocks  name
>>>>
>>>>   31        0       2048 mtdblock0
>>>>   31        1       3072 mtdblock1
>>>>   31        2       3072 mtdblock2
>>>>   31        3       8192 mtdblock3
>>>>   31        4     114688 mtdblock4
>>>>    8        0 2930266584 sda
>>>>    8        1 2930265088 sda1
>>>>    8       32 2930266584 sdc
>>>>    8       33 2930265088 sdc1
>>>>    8       48    3913696 sdd
>>>>    8       49    3911680 sdd1
>>>>    8       16 1953514582 sdb
>>>>    8       17 1953512534 sdb1
>>>>
>>>> So it looks like they are showing up.  I can mount them once the boot
>>>> sequence is complete by hand:
>>>>
>>>> # blkid
>>>> /dev/sdc1: UUID="408d60e4-358b-450f-a6f0-4c3fdde4e8ed" TYPE="ext3"
>>>> /dev/sda1: UUID="062801fe-7225-4834-b27d-104e375c1bbc" TYPE="ext3"
>>>> /dev/sdb1: UUID="2858227358223FC4" LABEL="TOSHIBA EXT" TYPE="ntfs"
>>>> /dev/sdd1: UUID="0d295fe2-b6b9-4d8e-b035-d68ec6c0843e" TYPE="ext3"
>>>> /tmp/.cemnt/sdb1: UUID="2858227358223FC4" LABEL="TOSHIBA EXT"
>>>> TYPE="ntfs"
>>>>
>>>> The question is:  On a Pogoplug Mobile device (arm/busybox) where in
>>>> the boot sequence should I be attempting to mount the partitions?
>>>>
>>>> I am not a busybox expert.  Others had success adding the lines to
>>>> /etc/init.d/rcS but this does not appear to be working in my case.  Any
>>>> other suggestions of where to look?
>>>>
>>>> # uname -a
>>>> Linux PogoplugMobile 2.6.31.8 #4 Tue Aug 23 13:00:50 PDT 2011 armv5tel
>>>> GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> # busybox | head -n1
>>>> BusyBox v1.16.1 (2011-08-23 13:02:26 PDT) multi-call binary.
>>>>
>>>> Look on the bottom of the unit:  Model POGO-V4-A1-01
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------
>>>> *Matthew Campbell*
>>>> Storage Solution Consultant
>>>> Storage Design and Engineering
>>>>
>>>> *Kaiser Permanente*
>>>> IMG-Systems Integration
>>>> 99 S. Oakland
>>>> Pasadena, CA 91101
>>>>
>>>> 626-564-7228 (office)
>>>> 8-338-7228 (tie-line)
>>>> 818-314-9897 (mobile phone)
>>>> Green Center 3-North, 031W29
>>>> ---------
>>>> *kp.org/thrive*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:11 AM, John Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In a posting purporting to be from Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> but lacking a digital signature, it is written:
>>>>>
>>>>> > I am running into some problems trying to get my USB drives to mount
>>>>> > automatically in a known location when my PogoPlug Mobile v4 boots.
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> > It seems that busybox doesn't understand mounting by UUID
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be practical to mount by device name (e.g. /dev/sde1) instead
>>>>> of UUID?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do those devices appear in /proc/partitions at that stage of the boot?
>>>>> The mount man page says
>>>>>
>>>>> BUGS
>>>>>        ...
>>>>>
>>>>>        Mount by label or uuid will work only if your devices have the
>>>>>        names listed in /proc/partitions.  In particular, it may well
>>>>>        fail if the kernel was compiled with devfs but devfs is not
>>>>>        mounted.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> OpenPGP key: http://ininx.com
>>>>>  John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550
>>>>> 705961A47CC541AFEF13
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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