[SGVLUG] PogoPlug mount problem
Miguel Hernandez
migtek at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 16:31:54 PDT 2013
Dang! That's what I just about to suggest, Matthew. G'luck man. I know you
always write things down so it'd be great to hear what your final solution
was.
cheers everyone,
--miguel
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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