By using tune2fs, I was able to change the frequency in which fsck
is executed so I got further...
$tune2fs -c 50 -C 0 /dev/sda1
This will execute fsck every 50 times I mount the CF card.
-Eduardo
--- In "Eduardo Mendiola" <>
wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> The ts9 kernel compiles fine under Debian 3.1 sarge.
>
> I'm testing with the TS-7200 + TS-7KV + and a 512MB CF card.
>
> The reason why I was getting confused with the versions is that
I've
> noticed the following:
>
> A) If I format the CF card with Debian 3.1, and load the Debian
3.0
> filesystem (tar file provided by TS), then the system complains
> about needing to upgrade fsck and e2fsk. Debian 3.0 uses fsck
> version 1.27 and Debian 3.1 uses 1.37.
>
> If I use the Debian 3.1 filesystem provided by TS, it doesn't
> complain about the fsck version, but it then fails to load the ts9
> kernel modules. The /lib/modules directory contains the ts10
kernel
> modules.
>
> This leads me to believe TS only supports the TS-7KV with a ts9
> kernel with Debian 3.0 filesystem. Then, I just need to format the
> CF card using Debian Woody, instead of Sarge.
>
> B) The system "always" performs an integrity test on the CF card.
> This delays the boot time. It says the filesystem has not been
> checked for over 49,000 days. Let me know if you have suggestions
on
> how to work around it.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Eduardo
>
>
> --- In Joe Bouchard <jbouchard@> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 04:13:28PM -0000, Eduardo Mendiola wrote:
> > > I have a TS-7200 (ts9) and a CF with a 3.0 Debian filesystem.
> What is
> > > the recommended distribution version for a Linux host (Woody)?
> Is it
> > > Debian 3.0 R2, Debian 3.0 R4 or Debian 3.0 R6? Does it make a
> > > difference?
> >
> > Woody is pretty outdated. The current "stable" version
is "Sarge"
> aka Debian
> > 3.1. I'm going to stop there, and advise you to spend a while
> looking at
> > Debian's website where they describe the versions.
> >
> > My suggestion is to find a spare PC, and try Ubuntu, and
Knoppix,
> and
> > Debian. Load one, play with it, load the next, play with it,
etc.
> You will
> > learn a lot in the process.
> >
> > To answer your question regarding 3.0 with R2, R4, and R6...
they
> were all
> > "woody". I think it's correct to say they all have the same
> functionality, but
> > just different security updates etc. When there were enough
> patches to make it
> > worthwhile they would do a "release" and the CD vendors would
> update their
> > masters. Most people just "apt-get" their way to the new
patches
> and don't
> > focus much on the releases.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Joe
> >
> > >
> > > Up to now, I've been only developing on cygwin, but I want to
> use a
> > > Linux host.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Eduardo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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