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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: What a great little device this TS-7200! Couple questions..
From: Clark Dunson <>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:13:30 -0700


Same questions here Dan & Roberto.  I chose JFS for the OS, which I mount read-only, except for an occasional remount to do updates.
The question about /var still stands here though.  I cut it as a separate partition with ext2 right?  Well I am not so sure now,
as I have read that the loss of the dpkg files in /var will cause the system not to boot?!   True or False?  May have to try it.  I have
already discovered that if I kill power, the network won't come up until the second reboot.  That is definitely a side effect of
/var being ext2, and being killed without a sync.


On May 4, 2011, at 10:00 AM, parkranger_dan wrote:

 

Hi Roberto,

Oh man that would be awesome if I could try your image. My 7200 has CF, not SD though, wonder if that will be an issue? Do you happen to have a web-server somewhere I could just wget this from?

Have yet to flash the device, need to find a procedure for that. I'm very nervous about bricking!

Curious as to why you went with a journaling filesystem on a flash card? From what I've read there's 3 times the writes per write-cycle, which kills the card quicker. I THINK this may be why they chose ext2 in the first place, from what I've read.

Thanks Roberto!

-Dan

--- In ts-7000%40yahoogroups.com, "r_bergo" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Dan,
> As you I'm on embedded Linux from bit more than one year !
>
> I had the same corruption problem and kernel questions as you. TS does not support 2.6 yet..... I hope they does soon !
>
> Now I'm using TS7260 flashed with 2.6 kernel + external SD card partitioned ext3.
> This kit works well and I never saw corruption or system crash.
>
> If you want to try that, I could send you flash image and SD image files...
>
> Roberto
>
> --- In , "parkranger_dan" <dkeller76@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey all -
> >
> > I'm a half-seasoned Linux nut, but pretty new to the embedded computer thing. I chose the TS-7200 for a secure remote-serial/reverse tunnel project, basically linking lasers at customer sites via serial port to LabView machines at the support facility.
> >
> > Thusfar, all of my code works perfect on it and I pretty much have this thing configured exactly how I need it with the exception of a few key things...
> >
> > NOTE: I have disabled the console, and the device is now booting from the CF card (I purchased the 2.4 based Debian distro through Technologic Systems).
> >
> > 1. The version of socat in the repositories is rather old (v1.4), I REALLY need the 2.0.0-b4 version, as the previous is not stable with my app. I tried compiling the newer version but many errors result.
> >
> > =======
> > SNIPPET
> > =======
> > :socat-2.0.0-b4.generic# make
> > gcc -O -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-parentheses -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -c -o socat.o socat.c
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/ext2_fs.h:20,
> > from sysincludes.h:163,
> > from socat.c:11:
> > /usr/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h:48: error: syntax error before "u32"
> > /usr/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h:50: error: syntax error before '*' token
> > /usr/include/linux/ext2_fs_sb.h:55: error: syntax error before '}' token
> > make: *** [socat.o] Error 1
> > ========================================================
> >
> > The more I read, the more I think I'll need the 2.6 Kernel to compile correctly. I could be wrong. Also, a bit concerned with CF card support in 2.6, as the website indicates that there was no official testing. They recommended different hardware for 2.6.
> >
> > 2. Powering down unsafely will be common-place once this things is deployed, and I really don't want the CF card corrupted. I've read that some people have managed to mount the card as read-only and create ramdrives for linking things that must change in the OS.
> >
> > Is there a standard procedure for doing this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Dan
> >
>




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