**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Apr 26 23:59:57 2005 **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Apr 27 00:16:16 2005 Apr 27 20:05:37 In the hope somebody is awake: Is it possible to run unslung (latest version) with just a USB flash/thumbdrive in the USB2 slot? Apr 27 20:05:54 I'm getting a lot of symlink errors when I try to ipkg install things. Apr 27 20:06:19 did you follow the directions on using a flash drive? Apr 27 20:06:55 on this page - > http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/HomePage Apr 27 20:07:12 scroll down to "Unslung Features" Apr 27 20:07:55 That page sent me to http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Unslung/Ext3flash, which told me to touch a file, .ext3flash Apr 27 20:08:29 i did that, but unsling was failing due to lack of a main drive. I found an unslung.de page which after translation led me to running /sbin/unsling flash-data Apr 27 20:09:05 though the german page looked to be written before the -data options were added to unsling (assumption) as he only mentiond the flash and hdd options. Apr 27 20:09:21 yeah... I'm not sure... Apr 27 20:10:04 as I worked the 3.18 doco, and have been out of it for a month or so, I need to get up to speed on latest developments Apr 27 20:10:45 how big is your flash drive Apr 27 20:11:10 64MB. Has lots of space on it left, I'd only tried to ipkg install dropbear and openssh Apr 27 20:11:24 ah Apr 27 20:11:43 IIRC, 256MB is the minimal size for unslung Apr 27 20:11:47 it's only my second unslinging, so very likely I'm a newbie in wonderland Apr 27 20:12:00 ouch. *ponders if he can sacrifice his watch to get a nagios server* Apr 27 20:12:07 heh Apr 27 20:13:07 had dreams of an nslu2 with a tiny thumbdrive, running nmap, nagios and some tniy scripts to automatically generate the nagios config from the nmap output :) Apr 27 20:14:17 yep... #4 of Pre-Installation Considerations... Apr 27 20:14:25 256MB is minimum Apr 27 20:15:16 damn. sorry for being the today's idiot who didn't reread the start of the install instructions. Apr 27 20:15:20 thanks for helping. Apr 27 20:15:29 no worries Apr 27 20:15:51 I did the same thing Apr 27 20:16:27 except I told rwhitby that something was missing and needed to be clarified (it wasn't missing, and it didn't need to be clarified) Apr 27 20:16:49 *grin* Apr 27 20:17:04 as a result, I was told to show and then fix.... and the rest is history Apr 27 20:18:10 lokos like i have 3 options. use a hdd. buy a 512MB or 1GB thumbdrive. see how hard it would be to throw out the stuff I don't want from the firmware(?) like SMB and add the nagios stuff to the thttpd. Apr 27 20:18:36 waste of hdd, spend money or burn a lot of time :) Apr 27 20:18:53 I don't know... I have quite a few hdd and enclosures Apr 27 20:19:03 4 as of right now Apr 27 20:19:13 3 nslu2s... Apr 27 20:20:15 if I can get a company to create a daemon for a s/w product they own, I probably will end up with 7+ nslu2s and hds.... Apr 27 20:20:24 i fell in the love with the nslu3 a couple of weeks ago. 4 of them now. 1 is running the stock linksys and serving music/video (mt-daapd at a later point). One replaced the noisy 4U server and is nwo the target for my 4 1U rackservers to backup to, 1 was planned for Nagios and the other is here to play with. Apr 27 20:20:49 ah! you have your own slugfarm Apr 27 20:21:02 all unslung or have you played with openslug at all? Apr 27 20:21:43 pretty much. the quiet after sharing the basement with a 4U with 5+ fans is quite deafening. I have to type loudly to aviod feeling worried. Apr 27 20:22:09 :) Apr 27 20:22:20 no openslug yet. the 1 that's planned for general playing will probably try an openslug out at some stage. I'm looking forward to being able to network hub a host of hdds. Apr 27 20:22:48 openslug is pretty cool, though my FrankenSlug is only OpenSlug 1.7 Apr 27 20:23:13 I need to finish up work on the legal agreement so that it can go beta.... Apr 27 20:23:36 those are such fun. Apr 27 20:24:09 it's not too bad... Apr 27 20:24:47 sure, sure :) Apr 27 20:26:08 Oh, the german page was: http://www.unslung.de/nslu2_21.htm Apr 27 20:26:29 it actually discusses 64Meg sticks, so might be worth me digging into further. Apr 27 20:27:19 there's usually a caplink811 in here Apr 27 20:27:28 he runs the nslu2-german channel Apr 27 20:27:57 that 256MB figure though came from one of the other developers Apr 27 20:28:14 yeah, the german article seems to mentino the 256 limit, but then bullies on through. Apr 27 20:33:09 one more question before I leave you in peace :) What's the best time to log onto here? European daytime, US daytime, other? Apr 27 20:33:38 it just depends... Apr 27 20:33:55 I haven't been in here in a month or so (and I'm the channel owner!) Apr 27 20:34:20 there are slug users all over the world in all time zones Apr 27 20:34:44 if no one is in here, pop into #nslu2-linux and check with someone in there Apr 27 20:35:11 just be aware that they may ask if you searched the wiki, and may not respond right away Apr 27 20:35:40 cool. actually the 256MB suggestion lead me to the wiki which has me readnig the very interesting: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/UseAMemoryStickAsMainDrive page. Apr 27 20:36:00 seems the 256 can be beaten if you partition it yourself and not through the web interface Apr 27 20:36:27 yeah, one of my hds has 7 partitions Apr 27 20:36:35 3 of them used with slug Apr 27 20:36:59 1 with XP box, and the other 3 with a laptop to boot linux from it Apr 27 20:37:41 the nslu2 uses a data partition, a conf partition, and a swap partition Apr 27 20:38:01 never thought of that. all of ours are just great big drives for the slugs alone. Apr 27 20:38:03 the laptop booting from the hd, shares usage of the data and the swap Apr 27 20:38:36 I still had to *format* via the web interface Apr 27 20:39:11 but I had changed the fdisk so that it would just return w/o actually fdisking the drive Apr 27 20:39:12 the wiki page looks like it has you format from a linux box (such as a telnet'd into slug :) ) Apr 27 20:39:26 think i know what i'll be doing tomorrow night Apr 27 20:39:48 I used a knoppix distro to partition that particular drive Apr 27 20:40:04 ah. closer read. it has you format on the slug. partition any old linux, then format on cmd line of slug. Apr 27 20:40:52 thing i love about the slugs and nslu2-linux is that there's a nicely sloped learning curve. Apr 27 20:41:07 I had some funniness when I did the formatting via command line Apr 27 20:41:23 that's why I used the web interface to do the formatting Apr 27 20:42:26 gotya. first sign of trouble and i'll flip to the web interface :) Apr 27 20:42:35 :) Apr 27 20:42:54 good luck.. it took me a few times to set it up just right Apr 27 20:43:55 thanks. i'd better check that a working nagios in under 64mb isn't stupid either. might use a hdd as a proof of concept and see how much space and make sure it runs on the slug. Apr 27 20:44:26 right... filling a hd or flash target is not a fun thing to do Apr 27 20:45:40 thanks for all the help. am sure i'll be back with a whole slew of problems :) Apr 27 20:46:09 night Apr 27 20:46:13 good night **** ENDING LOGGING AT Wed Apr 27 23:59:57 2005