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Jan 12 15:47:37 <Aidono> hi
Jan 12 15:48:11 <Aidono> i'm running debian lenny on flashdisk on my nslu2
Jan 12 15:48:37 <Aidono> It has been working ok for the last week or two
Jan 12 15:49:00 <Aidono> yesterday i installed samba and since then, i haven't been able to boot
Jan 12 15:49:55 <Aidono> the ethernet led goes black after my flash with root gets mounted and then it takes ten minutes before i hear the beeps
Jan 12 15:50:06 <Aidono> i can't ping or ssh
Jan 12 15:50:27 <Aidono> arp -r in windows doesnt list the ip of nslu2
Jan 12 15:51:00 <Aidono> i tried to fix things by reading logs but no logs get written since yesterday after samba
Jan 12 15:51:34 <Aidono> i can read logs by unpluggin flash and plugging it in another computer
Jan 12 15:51:37 <Aidono> any ideas ?
Jan 12 15:52:43 <Aidono> i started here but no fix "loss of network connectivity" - http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/TroubleShooting
Jan 12 18:16:10 <chrisb> i'm doing some major rsyncing on the nslu2 today
Jan 12 18:16:31 <chrisb> building a debian mirror, i386 only
Jan 13 01:25:56 <NSLU2-IRC> how do i chnage my name from nslu2 - so i don't get ignored
Jan 13 01:28:30 <NSLU2-IRC> hello.. need a little help to get going
Jan 13 01:34:38 <DrJ> type: /nick <newnick>
Jan 13 01:34:50 <DrJ> you wont be ignored with that nick though
Jan 13 01:38:49 <NSLU2-IRC> ok thanks
Jan 13 01:39:59 <NSLU2-IRC> I have a small problem doing an install of unlung, can you assist
Jan 13 01:41:42 <DrJ> that depends
Jan 13 01:41:44 <DrJ> what is the issue
Jan 13 01:42:10 <NSLU2-IRC> well its the complettion of the install...
Jan 13 01:42:21 <DrJ> ?
Jan 13 01:42:54 <NSLU2-IRC> here is what i've done following the instructions from the site and the firmware for unslung
Jan 13 01:43:15 <NSLU2-IRC> Reset the Nslu2 - done
Jan 13 01:44:18 <NSLU2-IRC> Uesed the sercomm program and flashed the unit - done
Jan 13 01:44:48 <NSLU2-IRC> flash was sucessful and unit rebotted - done
Jan 13 01:45:20 <NSLU2-IRC> used web gui to acess unit and verify unlslung was on it - done
Jan 13 01:45:36 <NSLU2-IRC> Enabled telnet - done
Jan 13 01:45:53 <NSLU2-IRC> logged into unit via putty -done
Jan 13 01:46:18 <NSLU2-IRC> plugged in usb stick and waited for Nslu2 to detect it-done
Jan 13 01:46:41 <DrJ> why don't you just skip to the actualy issue
Jan 13 01:46:54 <NSLU2-IRC> here is the tricky part Do not continue if the drive is not marked as "Formatted (ext3)"
Jan 13 01:47:21 <DrJ> oh, just ignore that
Jan 13 01:47:27 <DrJ> it doesn't report back correctly
Jan 13 01:47:31 <NSLU2-IRC> the usb unit shows up and but it shows it as formated fat32/nfts
Jan 13 01:47:55 <NSLU2-IRC> so i can unling it with the stick that way?
Jan 13 01:48:20 <NSLU2-IRC> it won't corrupt it
Jan 13 01:49:05 <DrJ> if you formatted it already
Jan 13 01:49:07 <DrJ> then its ext3
Jan 13 01:49:14 <DrJ> that does not report back correctly
Jan 13 01:49:24 <NSLU2-IRC> well i haven't formtted it all
Jan 13 01:49:32 <DrJ> well
Jan 13 01:49:34 <DrJ> then do so
Jan 13 01:50:03 <NSLU2-IRC> it was formatted on a windows machine, well thats weher i'm stuck, i can't figure out how
Jan 13 01:50:22 <NSLU2-IRC> if its on the web gui, then i must be missing it
Jan 13 01:51:15 <NSLU2-IRC> am i formatting though telnet or web gui
Jan 13 01:52:23 <DrJ> iirc there is a button to format right on the gui
Jan 13 01:54:57 <NSLU2-IRC> found it under administration, i swear i was all over that thing and just notied the spot that said "Disk"
Jan 13 01:55:52 <NSLU2-IRC> one more question, once this is done do i get to use my stick again or is it now a prisioner to the unit
Jan 13 01:57:27 <DrJ> your stick?
Jan 13 01:57:32 <DrJ> you mean a flash drive?
Jan 13 01:57:52 <DrJ> it'll be formatted ext3
Jan 13 01:58:10 <DrJ> windows does not support ext3
Jan 13 01:58:11 <DrJ> however there are apps/drivers out there that make it possible
Jan 13 01:58:24 <DrJ> but, you will probably want to just leave the thing alone
Jan 13 01:58:46 <DrJ> you could very easily destroy your unslung install if you start trying to use it on windows
Jan 13 01:59:08 <NSLU2-IRC> yea , but when i'm done this switch to unslung I can pull the drive out and use it some where else, or will this unit now depend on the is usb stcik now
Jan 13 02:03:54 <NSLU2-IRC> did i lose you
Jan 13 02:05:54 <DrJ> it will have to have whatever you unslinged it to
Jan 13 02:05:57 <DrJ> in it to run
Jan 13 02:07:53 <NSLU2-IRC> oh ok, so i guess i should have picked a small cheap stick to do this with, it now has a 500 mb stick init
Jan 13 02:21:07 * mwester wonders how valuable a 512MB stick might still be, seeing as he just purchased a handful of 2 GB sticks at the local Wal*Mart store for USD 5 each...
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