Gordon Farquharson wrote: > Hi Dave > > On 4/15/07, slugmanbashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ive just discovered that the slug wont start if an additional USB >> stick is >> plugged into Disk port 2. > > I suspect that your the extra USB flash drive is coming up as sda as > opposed to your original USB flash drive and therefore the system > cannot find your root partition. The solution is to mount your drives > by UUID. > > You can get a list of the UUIDs with > > $ tree /dev/disk > /dev/disk > |-- by-id > | |-- usb-ST340014_A_5000000000002886 -> ../../sda > | |-- usb-ST340014_A_5000000000002886-part1 -> ../../sda1 > | |-- usb-ST340014_A_5000000000002886-part2 -> ../../sda2 > | `-- usb-ST340014_A_5000000000002886-part5 -> ../../sda5 > |-- by-path > | |-- pci-0000:00:01.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda > | |-- pci-0000:00:01.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 > | |-- pci-0000:00:01.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 > | `-- pci-0000:00:01.2-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part5 -> ../../sda5 > `-- by-uuid > `-- 424ba820-8e80-422e-aaeb-b343b4a462f1 -> ../../sda1 > > and then modify your fstab by replacing /dev/sda1 (your root > partition) with the UUID, e.g. > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > UUID=424ba820-8e80-422e-aaeb-b343b4a462f1 / ext3 > defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/sda5 /media/usb1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > Then update the initramfs: > > $ sudo update-initramfs -u > > and flash the new initramfs > > $ sudo flash-kernel > > Before you do any of this, I suggest making a backup of your existing > flash. See http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/FAQ. > > Gordon >
I don't understand why the wiki states that the problem is solved in RC2, and then the link to "MountDisksByLabel" is wiped out. I have seven slugs, I recently re-installed RC2 on six of them, and when connecting a second disk to any of them, they won't boot. When I mount by label or uuid, following Martin's description, it works, but why is this not explained in the wiki? I would be happy to modify the wiki, but I might have missed some important bit of information here, not beeing a kernel-expert... -- Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
