[support-gang] [Server-devel] 1TB drive of quality open content on XO/XS--won't boot

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Why? Can't be in a script?

Gonzalo


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

>  Indeed...but this is not an option as the XS=XO+TB needs to auto-boot
> after "daily" power failures in the developing world :)
>
>
> On 5/13/2013 9:53 AM, Samuel Greenfeld wrote:
>
>  NTFS is supported in OLPC builds, just not by the OS Kernel itself.
>
>  The ntfs-3g "filesystem in userspace" package can be used to mount NTFS
> drives.  So you should be able to use a command like "mount -t ntfs-3g
> /dev/ntfs_partition /mnt/mountpoint" if Sugar or GNOME do not automatically
> mount the filesystem for you.
>
>  In general many Linux distributions seem to currently consider using
> ntfs-3g a better approach than using the kernel driver.  The in-kernel
> driver still may not have full NTFS write support, while ntfs-3g does.
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Yioryos Asprobounitis <
> mavrothal at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> OLPC kernels do *not* support NTFS (# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set).
>> It either should be activated in future builds or use another FS.
>> I believe tha FAT32 (VFAT) can handle big drives and  is universal.
>> However it has a number of other problems that may not suit your needs
>> (reliability, permissions etc)
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 5/13/13, Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Braddock <braddock at braddock.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [support-gang] [Server-devel] 1TB drive of quality open
>> content on XO/XS--won't boot
>> > To: "James Cameron" <quozl at laptop.org>, "Holt" <holt at laptop.org>, "XS
>> Devel" <server-devel at lists.laptop.org>, "Support Gangsters" <
>> support-gang at laptop.org>, "Devel's in the Details" <
>> devel at lists.laptop.org>
>> > Date: Monday, May 13, 2013, 8:02 AM
>>  > Hi James
>> > I'm using OpenFirmware Q7B26  EC Firmware 0.4.03
>> >
>> > I have tried turning the "boot" flag off on the NTFS
>> > partition, but it
>> > still dumps me to the OpenFirmware ok prompt.
>> >
>> > I can reproduce the problem by formatting a USB stick to
>> > NTFS and trying
>> > to boot with it plugged in.
>> >
>> > So it is reacting badly to the mere presence of NTFS on USB
>> > media.
>> >
>> > -braddock
>> >
>> > On 05/12/2013 03:40 PM, James Cameron wrote:
>> > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 03:44:18PM -0400, Holt wrote:
>> > >> Is there a way to boot a large USB hard drive
>> > attached to an XO?
>> > >> At our XS Community Sprint this week outside
>> > Toronto, we've been
>> > >> unable to boot XOs with the 700+ GB drive(s)
>> > containing very
>> > >> polished open content provided by http://internet-in-a-box.org
>> > >> The XOs (eg. XO-4 etc) refuse to auto-boot, leaving
>> > the screen at
>> > >> the OK prompt.
>> > >>
>> > >> FYI our 1TB disk is a nearly complete snapshot of:
>> > >> * Wikipedia-in-41-languages, thumbnails for most
>> > all images
>> > >> * OpenStreetMap for the whole world cached at all
>> > zoom levels for
>> > >> fast display
>> > >> * Gutenberg Prjct's full collection of 40,000+
>> > books, images
>> > >> * Khan Academy's ~4000 video classes, etc
>> > >>
>> > >> Does firmware currently block the mounting of all
>> > large USB drives
>> > >> -- NTFS in this case if not other filesystems?
>> > > Open Firmware tries the first partition that is marked
>> > bootable.
>> > >
>> > > Exactly what it does next depends on the firmware
>> > version, but clearly
>> > > in your case it stops booting.
>> > >
>> > >> Might there be a workaround so isolated XO servers
>> > in Haiti (etc!)
>> > >> can hopefully auto-boot with this quality free
>> > content?
>> > > Turn off the bootable flag using a partitioning
>> > program, ensure you
>> > > are using latest firmware Q7B30, and attach a serial
>> > console for
>> > > further debugging.
>> > >
>> > > If you can tell me how to reproduce the symptom, then
>> > I'm quite sure I
>> > > can get it fixed.  I certainly can't afford to
>> > download 700 GB or 1 TB
>> > > to do that though.
>> > >
>> > > I'm happy to work with whoever has the drive and an
>> > XO-4.
>> > >
>> > > The nature and value of the content has no relationship
>> > to the
>> > > diagnosis process, but is interesting regardless.
>> > >
>> >
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