**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Nov 12 02:59:57 2006 Nov 12 04:00:17 okay, I know this isn't the place, but you guys can give me a good answer (to make me feel good)... Nov 12 04:00:34 is plugging my nslu2's hd into my windows xp computer to make an image of it safe? Nov 12 04:09:56 DrJ: Sure. Nov 12 04:10:35 Whatever software you will be using to make the image must know about the filesystem types on the NSLU2's disk, though. Nov 12 04:11:05 magiciso Nov 12 04:21:46 What filesystem are you currently using on the nslu2's HD? Nov 12 04:22:10 hmm Nov 12 04:22:12 how do I find that out Nov 12 04:22:24 * DrJ is ashamed to say he doesn't even know Nov 12 04:29:59 A few questions: What firmware are you running on the device? Did you format the disk drive using the Linksys Web GUI? Nov 12 04:33:35 I don't remember how I formatted Nov 12 04:33:41 I am running unslung Nov 12 04:33:59 Ah - and is the disk that you "unslung" to? Nov 12 04:33:59 Firmware Version: V2.3R29-uNSLUng-5.5-beta Nov 12 04:34:03 yes Nov 12 04:35:19 Ok, the prerequisite would ensure that the disk is formatted by the NSLU2 for it to be unslung to. If that's the case, then the standard Windows OS cannot read the data on the disk; it would need to have a program that can read "EXT3" partitions. Nov 12 04:36:20 okay Nov 12 04:36:23 how do I do that Nov 12 04:41:11 Dunno. You probably need to go to the #nslu2-general channel, and ask there; this channel is for OpenSlug discussions and you're not likely to find anyone who knows... Nov 12 04:41:37 isn't there a standard linux command for it Nov 12 04:41:46 for what? Nov 12 04:42:21 to shoot out the disk info Nov 12 04:43:51 I'm a bit confused - to shoot out information about the type of filesystem, or to read the data on Windows XP? Nov 12 04:44:28 in ssh Nov 12 04:44:41 to get info about the filesystem Nov 12 04:46:08 Ok . the command "cat /proc/mounts" will give you all the information about what is currently active on the NSLU2. Look for lines about "/dev/sda" for Port 1 (on unslung 5.5, it's different on 6.8). Nov 12 04:47:23 /dev/sda2 /share/hdd/conf ext3 rw,sync 0 0 Nov 12 04:47:28 that was it Nov 12 04:49:04 so its ext3 Nov 12 04:49:10 not sure if magiciso can read it or not Nov 12 04:49:12 * DrJ checks Nov 12 05:02:24 mwester, magiciso can read ext3 Nov 12 05:02:34 so I'm in the clear to go ahead and do this, correct? Nov 12 05:09:56 As long as all you're doing is reading, you should be fine. Nov 12 05:11:17 k Nov 12 05:11:26 I'm afraid windows will do something to it Nov 12 05:11:38 like say to itself...hmm, this looks unformatted Nov 12 05:13:28 It will look at it, not know what to do with it, and ignore it. Nov 12 05:14:23 DrJ: I have many ext2 partitions on my windows XP laptop (used by VMWare) Nov 12 05:14:28 Windows ignores them Nov 12 05:14:33 k Nov 12 05:14:34 ty Nov 12 05:25:10 umm Nov 12 05:25:20 how do I get magiciso to find the disk though Nov 12 05:26:31 DrJ: guess you'd need to ask that on the magiciso channel ... Nov 12 05:26:45 and the thing is showing up in disk management as 3 partitions Nov 12 05:27:28 a 76.16 GB one Nov 12 05:27:35 118 MB one Nov 12 05:27:40 and a 55 MB one Nov 12 05:27:43 yep Nov 12 05:29:18 I thought it only had one partition Nov 12 05:37:13 * DrJ has no idea how to get anything to see it Nov 12 05:40:53 there is info on that on the nslu2-linux wiki Nov 12 05:41:39 hmm Nov 12 05:41:40 where Nov 12 05:41:57 what terms have you used for your search so far? Nov 12 05:42:15 on the nslu2 site? Nov 12 05:42:17 windows Nov 12 05:42:53 yep, that finds it. Nov 12 05:43:14 I found one like it Nov 12 05:43:17 but it was uselss Nov 12 05:43:34 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AccessNSLU2FormattedDriveUsingWindows <--nothing helpful Nov 12 05:44:04 looks pretty helpful to me, giving two options, with links to the drivers. Nov 12 05:44:30 both free too Nov 12 05:44:31 it wont help magiciso find it though Nov 12 05:45:14 indeed Nov 12 05:45:20 they work Nov 12 05:45:22 but Nov 12 05:45:24 that's about it Nov 12 05:45:59 well, this has gone well past the on-topicness for #openslug ... Nov 12 05:46:28 you'll need to find some people who actually use magiciso if you really need to use that tool to read the info. Nov 12 05:46:28 I can at least use this program though to copy everthing Nov 12 05:46:35 I used searchirc Nov 12 05:46:36 nothing Nov 12 05:47:37 hmm Nov 12 05:47:45 why does this program though only show two of the three partitions Nov 12 05:51:10 hmm wait Nov 12 05:51:14 maybe the 2nd one will work Nov 12 05:51:20 this scares me a little though Nov 12 05:51:28 I'm not sure if I want windows to have read/write access Nov 12 05:53:39 hmm Nov 12 05:53:45 so I have to create images of each partition Nov 12 05:55:25 I wonder how these things deal with symbolic links Nov 12 05:55:29 I hope they send them into loops Nov 12 05:55:35 *they don't Nov 12 06:00:30 if it does Nov 12 06:00:36 this thing will fill up my hd Nov 12 15:01:14 my udev script seems to be getting run before /tmp has been mounted to the ram drive... any way to delay until afterward? Nov 12 15:04:12 I see that init.d/udev runs at S03 in rcS.d Nov 12 15:17:47 meh; I just added something in my script that didn't run if media/ram wasn't mounted, and then added a S98udevsynthesize to rc3.d Nov 12 15:56:53 How do I pull an older version of OE that will build a bootable openslug image? Nov 12 16:01:37 no need to pull Nov 12 16:01:44 mtn up -r Nov 12 16:02:11 how do I get a list of versions? Nov 12 16:02:33 'mtn log' Nov 12 16:03:36 yipes, thats a lot of output. any recomended filters I should use? Nov 12 16:04:16 try looking for ixp4xx-kernel. One of the latest revision bumping the kernel svn rev is probably the culprit of your problems Nov 12 16:04:56 http://www.openembedded.org/bonsai/query/file/ixp4xx/ would be a bit user-friendlier Nov 12 16:14:54 how do I get the version infor from a friend that has a working build? Nov 12 16:36:20 hmm does oe not have any bluetooth drivers/utils Nov 12 16:39:11 utils, sure Nov 12 16:39:18 can't remember their name though :P Nov 12 16:39:36 bluez Nov 12 16:39:47 ipkg list | grep '*bluez*' shows up nothing Nov 12 16:39:56 hmm Nov 12 16:41:27 eh Nov 12 16:41:30 what distro? Nov 12 16:41:48 ipkg list | grep bluez **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Nov 13 02:59:57 2006