**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Jan 16 02:59:58 2006
Jan 16 03:45:26 <Jah_> drif, you there ?
Jan 16 03:45:47 <drif_> yesd
Jan 16 03:46:07 <Jah_> shall i rebbot the slug ?
Jan 16 03:46:17 <drif_> passwd done?
Jan 16 03:46:23 <Jah_> yep
Jan 16 03:46:41 <Jah_> also copy done
Jan 16 03:46:51 <drif_> what happened to msn?
Jan 16 03:46:59 <Jah_> you online ?
Jan 16 06:42:23 <Jah_> is the upgrade to samba 3 hard ?
Jan 16 06:42:41 <Jah_> i mean are their good guide lines to do it ?
Jan 16 09:19:39 <cheef-daniel> hi
Jan 16 09:20:17 <cheef-daniel> which bootstrap should I use for debianslug? Sid or Sarge?
Jan 16 09:20:31 <cheef-daniel> where are the differences?
Jan 16 09:24:51 <caplink811_log> cheef-daniel,  http://www.debian.org/releases/
Jan 16 09:45:19 <cheef-daniel> thanks, I thought that would be debianslug specific
Jan 16 10:23:22 <drif> which package provides e2cp?
Jan 16 10:24:30 <drif> I have it on another slug somehow - but don't know which package included it
Jan 16 10:24:38 <bazz-_> ipkgfind?
Jan 16 10:25:43 <MJFox> hi @all
Jan 16 10:27:04 <drif> bazz-: yup, ipkg search did the trick - had to include path though
Jan 16 10:27:36 <MJFox> could anybody help me to create a ram disk on my nslu? I want to put my browser favorites on the ram disk so every computer in the network can fetch them from the it
Jan 16 10:28:12 <bazz-_> drif try *keyword* ;)
Jan 16 10:28:35 <drif> bazz-_: didn't you read me :P already found the file
Jan 16 10:29:11 <MJFox> and yes, I'm a Linux-newbie, so I have no clue how to do it! ;-)
Jan 16 10:29:13 <drif> bazz: simple keyword didn't suffice - had to use /opt/bin/e2cp instead of e2cp
Jan 16 10:29:55 <drif> mjfox: don't quite sure why you'd use ramdisk for that purpose
Jan 16 10:29:58 <bazz-_> try *e2cp*
Jan 16 10:30:08 <bazz-_> * as in wildcard
Jan 16 10:30:09 <drif> s/don't/not/ :P
Jan 16 10:30:12 * bazz-_ brb
Jan 16 10:30:52 <drif> bazz: ah, not I got it :P bit of sleep deprivation here - nearly fall asleep on my class
Jan 16 10:30:56 <drif> not=now :P
Jan 16 10:31:00 <drif> as you can see...
Jan 16 10:31:02 <MJFox> @drif: I don't want the hard disk to always spin up evertime I access the favorites... is that a bad idea?
Jan 16 10:31:45 <drif> mjfax: mine is spinning all the time :P but you have a poiint there
Jan 16 10:31:57 <drif> fox :P sorry
Jan 16 10:32:26 <drif> I clearly should keep away from the keyboard for the night :P
Jan 16 10:34:23 <MJFox> mine is spinning down after a few minutes and needs a few seconds to spin up again... so I think it would be a good idea to store the favorites at a ram disk, so the hard disk doesn't need to spin up every time I want to access them... also the access should be faster, right?
Jan 16 10:34:27 <MJFox> no problem ;-)
Jan 16 10:35:50 <drif> mjfox: what size you had in mind?
Jan 16 10:36:53 <MJFox> @drif: my favorites folder currently holds ~220kb
Jan 16 10:37:38 <MJFox> @drif: so I think ~400kb would be more than enough
Jan 16 10:44:01 <drif> it seems the default ramdisk size on unslung is 16384K :-\ I'm not sure how to modify that
Jan 16 10:45:28 <MJFox> @drif: I found the following: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/SetSpinDownTimeOnMaxtorOneTouch (look at the first blue box at that page)
Jan 16 10:45:58 <MJFox> they are using a "maxsize"-parameter
Jan 16 10:46:45 <MJFox> the code creates a ram disk but I don't understand all the parameters and I don't want to mess up something by modifying and executing a code I don't understand
Jan 16 10:51:56 <drif> well, you just need to paste that block of text to /unslung/rc.bootbin
Jan 16 10:52:18 <drif> and change that size to fit your needs
Jan 16 10:52:48 <drif> also chmod +x /unslung/rc.bootbin might be approriate
Jan 16 10:53:42 <MJFox> what unit has the size? kb?
Jan 16 10:55:27 <drif> I believe it is
Jan 16 10:57:28 <drif> mjfox: actually read the article now - you can't actualyl blindly follow it :P
Jan 16 10:57:37 <drif> not exactly what you were looking for
Jan 16 10:58:40 <drif> that just moves var to ramdisk
Jan 16 10:59:44 <MJFox> ah, ok... I thought I would replace /var by my favorites-folder and everything would be ok :-)
Jan 16 11:00:43 <drif> mjfox: should those favourites disappear on boot?
Jan 16 11:02:19 <MJFox> now, they don't need to disappear... I just want to hold them at the ramdisk to access them faster
Jan 16 11:02:20 <drif> mjfox: well, actually it would work replacing /var with your favs
Jan 16 11:07:20 <drif> maxsize doesn't seem to have much effect :-\ I defined 128 and it contains now way more than that
Jan 16 11:09:31 <drif> but try it out just by typing mount -t ramfs ramfs /mointpoint -o maxsize=size
Jan 16 11:09:54 <drif> then copy some stuff there and access it - see if it spins or not
Jan 16 11:12:18 <drif> fox?
Jan 16 11:13:17 <MJFox> sorry, my wife
Jan 16 11:14:03 <MJFox> mointpoint is directory I want to put at ramdisk?
Jan 16 11:14:44 <drif> mountpoint :P typo - but yes for example mkdir /mnt/rm_favs
Jan 16 11:14:49 <drif> and use that as mountpoint
Jan 16 11:15:06 <MJFox> ok
Jan 16 11:17:49 <MJFox> ok, I need to wait until the hdd spins down ;-)
Jan 16 11:17:53 <drif> :P
Jan 16 11:18:07 <drif> the suspence is killing me...
Jan 16 11:21:18 <drif> still spinning?
Jan 16 11:22:04 <MJFox> yes
Jan 16 11:29:05 <MJFox> still spinning
Jan 16 11:42:39 <MJFox> I guess I need to close the telnet session, I doesn't seem to spin down while it is opened
Jan 16 11:44:14 <MJFox> damn, I have to go
Jan 16 11:44:36 <MJFox> I will play with it later... thank you for your help!
Jan 16 11:44:45 <MJFox> bye!
Jan 16 12:10:15 <claudiuc> hi
Jan 16 12:40:47 <cheef-daniel> I have some trouble with the debianslug-binary
Jan 16 12:41:45 <cheef-daniel> I used the commend 'reflash -i debian...' from a running openslug
Jan 16 12:42:45 <cheef-daniel> is there a debianslug channel?
Jan 16 12:43:57 <cheef-daniel> I dont't know if the error described on http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DebianSlug/BuildDebianSlug is the same error I get
Jan 16 12:44:56 <cheef-daniel> the reflash program says at near last: "mount: /dev/mtdblock4: can't read superblock"
Jan 16 12:45:12 <cheef-daniel> /usr/sbin/reflash: /dev/mtdblock4: unable to mount flash file system on /tmp/flashdisk.2698
Jan 16 12:45:41 <cheef-daniel> reflash: mount of new flash root file system failed
Jan 16 12:45:41 <cheef-daniel>   WARNING: the kernel and root file system have been reflashed,
Jan 16 12:45:45 <cheef-daniel> ...
Jan 16 12:46:21 <cheef-daniel> HOWEVER the new root file system seems to be unuseable.
Jan 16 12:46:37 <cheef-daniel> ...
Jan 16 12:46:44 <cheef-daniel> What should I do now?
Jan 16 12:47:49 <emm_is> you could use 'upslug' or SERCOM and reflash from your laptop/desktop
Jan 16 12:48:40 <cheef-daniel> but then I have to reboot my slug now, and after a failed reflash the could be a bad idea?
Jan 16 12:55:36 <caplink811_log> cheef-daniel,  a reboot into redboot shouldn't causes any problems, redboot is at /dev/mtdblock0 which wasn't flashed
Jan 16 12:55:58 <cheef-daniel> ok, then I could try it
Jan 16 12:56:14 <cheef-daniel> http://pastebin.com/508591, here is the error message I get
Jan 16 13:02:16 <cheef-daniel> ok I see there were errors with the reflash-command in dmesg: 
Jan 16 13:02:17 <cheef-daniel> Magic bitmask is backwards at offset 0x00280000. Wrong endian filesystem?
Jan 16 13:02:17 <cheef-daniel> jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00280004: 0x0c00 instead
Jan 16 13:02:58 <cheef-daniel> many of this lines, and one with that: "You cannot use older JFFS2 filesystems with newer kernels"
Jan 16 13:03:08 <cheef-daniel> I try now the sercom utility
Jan 16 13:03:25 <caplink811_log> maybe that it is impossible to flash a le system from a be system, dunno
Jan 16 13:04:02 <cheef-daniel> then the information in the wiki is wrong or incomplete
Jan 16 13:04:06 <cheef-daniel> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DebianSlug/BuildDebianSlug
Jan 16 13:05:04 <pumpkin0> Mounting a Jffs2 system created for a eb will not work under el and vice-versa.
Jan 16 13:05:19 <caplink811_log> cheef-daniel,  well, your error is described there....
Jan 16 13:06:00 <cheef-daniel> yes but I don't know if it is the same error, because of the many messages
Jan 16 13:07:13 <caplink811_log> imho, it is
Jan 16 13:27:46 <claudiuc> hi people!
Jan 16 13:28:56 <claudiuc> may be it's offtopic, may be not, but here is my question: have anybody tried to put Linux or mod the DLink DI-604 H/W Rev.F1?
Jan 16 19:15:57 <NSLU2-IRC> hello, is there anyone using 1-wire sensors
Jan 16 19:16:01 <NSLU2-IRC> ?
Jan 16 19:16:17 <NSLU2-IRC> or phidgets?
Jan 17 01:32:22 <wgnix> hi 
Jan 17 02:20:15 <Jah_> hi there
Jan 17 02:20:43 <Jah_> got some question about TwonkyVision MediaServer. Did any1 tried it ?
Jan 17 02:21:31 <wgnix> no soory
Jan 17 02:21:41 <wgnix> s/soory/sorry
Jan 17 02:24:38 <wgnix> have any1 install DebianSlug ?
Jan 17 02:26:30 <wgnix> i just want to know how install with Serialless method , i havn't understand the method describe 
Jan 17 02:32:30 <sto-> hi
Jan 17 02:33:02 <wgnix> hi 
Jan 17 02:36:17 <sto-> i think i have a problem with my nslu2. my transfer speed is about 0,5mb per sec.  is any german here? my english isnt so good :)
Jan 17 02:37:15 <wgnix> i understand german ;-)
Jan 17 02:37:31 <sto-> k
Jan 17 02:37:33 <sto-> :)
Jan 17 02:39:58 <sto-> also wie gesagt, mein dateitransfer bringt auf ein 100mb grosses file nur ca 0,5MB pro sekunde. ich lese aber überall das es ca 3,5-4mb pro sekunde sein müssten :)
Jan 17 02:41:37 <wgnix> welche OS ist in your nslu2 ?
Jan 17 02:42:07 <sto->  	V2.3R29-uNSLUng-5.5-beta
Jan 17 02:43:07 <sto-> i tryed some tests from here: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/Performance
Jan 17 02:43:46 <sto-> my disk speed is about 6,5 MB/sec with hdparm on my nslu
Jan 17 02:45:02 <sto-> and i tested the network speed with netio... same results like on the wiki performance page
Jan 17 02:45:13 <wgnix> do you not think the disk speed is a bit slow ?
Jan 17 02:45:45 <wgnix> and with a usb storage ?
Jan 17 02:46:39 <sto-> hmm how much should i have? directly on the nslu?
Jan 17 02:56:41 <wgnix> the speed depends on the file size 
Jan 17 02:58:01 <wgnix> file(~1G) 3,7M/s
Jan 17 02:59:02 <wgnix> little file is more slow ~500Ko/s 
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