[SGVLUG] PogoPlug mount problem

[Rae Yip]

Is there an /etc/inittab? ArchLinux switched to systemd; any chance that's
what you're running?

-Rae.


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you John for your thoughtful answer.
>
> Unfortunately these are USB devices so I can't assume that they will be
> mounted as the same device from boot to boot which is why I started down
> the UUID route.
>
> # cat /proc/partitions
> major minor  #blocks  name
>
>   31        0       2048 mtdblock0
>   31        1       3072 mtdblock1
>   31        2       3072 mtdblock2
>   31        3       8192 mtdblock3
>   31        4     114688 mtdblock4
>    8        0 2930266584 sda
>    8        1 2930265088 sda1
>    8       32 2930266584 sdc
>    8       33 2930265088 sdc1
>    8       48    3913696 sdd
>    8       49    3911680 sdd1
>    8       16 1953514582 sdb
>    8       17 1953512534 sdb1
>
> So it looks like they are showing up.  I can mount them once the boot
> sequence is complete by hand:
>
> # blkid
> /dev/sdc1: UUID="408d60e4-358b-450f-a6f0-4c3fdde4e8ed" TYPE="ext3"
> /dev/sda1: UUID="062801fe-7225-4834-b27d-104e375c1bbc" TYPE="ext3"
> /dev/sdb1: UUID="2858227358223FC4" LABEL="TOSHIBA EXT" TYPE="ntfs"
> /dev/sdd1: UUID="0d295fe2-b6b9-4d8e-b035-d68ec6c0843e" TYPE="ext3"
> /tmp/.cemnt/sdb1: UUID="2858227358223FC4" LABEL="TOSHIBA EXT" TYPE="ntfs"
>
> The question is:  On a Pogoplug Mobile device (arm/busybox) where in the
> boot sequence should I be attempting to mount the partitions?
>
> I am not a busybox expert.  Others had success adding the lines to
> /etc/init.d/rcS but this does not appear to be working in my case.  Any
> other suggestions of where to look?
>
> # uname -a
> Linux PogoplugMobile 2.6.31.8 #4 Tue Aug 23 13:00:50 PDT 2011 armv5tel
> GNU/Linux
>
> # busybox | head -n1
> BusyBox v1.16.1 (2011-08-23 13:02:26 PDT) multi-call binary.
>
> Look on the bottom of the unit:  Model POGO-V4-A1-01
>
> Matt
>
>
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>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:11 AM, John Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
>
>> In a posting purporting to be from Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
>> but lacking a digital signature, it is written:
>>
>> > I am running into some problems trying to get my USB drives to mount
>> > automatically in a known location when my PogoPlug Mobile v4 boots. ...
>>
>> > It seems that busybox doesn't understand mounting by UUID
>>
>> Would it be practical to mount by device name (e.g. /dev/sde1) instead
>> of UUID?
>>
>> Do those devices appear in /proc/partitions at that stage of the boot?
>> The mount man page says
>>
>> BUGS
>>        ...
>>
>>        Mount by label or uuid will work only if your devices have the
>>        names listed in /proc/partitions.  In particular, it may well
>>        fail if the kernel was compiled with devfs but devfs is not
>>        mounted.
>>
>> --
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>>  John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
>>
>>
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