[CUWiN] Soekris images not quite right?

[Bill Comisky]

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, simon-cuw at uc.org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I decided to re-image a soekris node that was misbehaving (my first;
> someone else had done all the previous configs), and I've run into a bit
> of a problem...
>
> After installing the CUWiN 0.6.0 Soekris image using the metrix PXE boot
> images, I noticed that the disk is not being fully utilized:
>
> # df -k
> Filesystem  1K-blocks      Used     Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/wd0a       22615     22010      -525   102%    /
> mfs:8              47        40         4    90%    /dev
> mfs:1242         7223      1456      5406    21%    /mfs
> /etc            22615     22010      -525   102%    /permanent/etc
> /home           22615     22010      -525   102%    /permanent/home
> /tmp            22615     22010      -525   102%    /permanent/tmp
> /var            22615     22010      -525   102%    /permanent/var
> /mfs/etc         7223      1456      5406    21%    /etc
> /mfs/home        7223      1456      5406    21%    /home
> /mfs/tmp         7223      1456      5406    21%    /tmp
> /mfs/var         7223      1456      5406    21%    /var
>
>
> Disklabel shows that I should have more like 31248 blocks available:
>
> 5 partitions:
> #        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
> a:     62497        63     4.2BSD      0     0     0  # (Cyl.      0*-    488*)
> c:     62497        63     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0*-    488*)
> d:    125056         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -    976)
> e:     62496     62560     4.2BSD      0     0     0  # (Cyl.    488*-    976)
> #
>
> It seems to be causing me no end of trouble. The greatest of which is that if I
> update anything in the web configuration, /etc/cuw_config gets wiped out, and
> the node gets knocked off the network.
>
> Is there some trick to properly prep a soekris node that I've missed?

What model Soekris are you running.. does it have built in CF memory or 
are you using a compact flash card?  If the latter it could be a problem 
of different disk geometry.

I think the web configuration is misbehaving, as I've seen the same 
symptoms you have on a node with plenty of RAM/storage available.  You're 
better off for the moment mounting read/write, editing 
/permanent/etc/cuw_config, mounting read-only and rebooting.

Bill

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Bill Comisky
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