goflex net doesn't boot if sata drive is plugged in..

[TheDurtch]

i am using a usb as rootfs and i have a sata drive plugged in as storage and contains a swapfile, when i try to boot if i have the sata drive plugged in it doesn't boot, maybe i am not giving it enough time to boot (5 -10 min), but i am thinking that i may be trying to make the sata drive be sda and rootfs sdb. my goflex is a ftp server for my eye-fi card, and i am planning on going to japan for a few years and so if the power fails i can't really go a pull out the drive and remount it while i am on the other side of the planet. i am still very new at this so any help and/or advice would be very appreciated.

[WarheadsSE]

1) I'd suggest a UPS then, definitely.
2) You're probably quite right. Look at the advanced tab on the installation instructions for debugging bootup.

[kmihelich]

If you have a SATA drive there, use that for the rootfs too. That flash drive is far more likely to fail on you than the spinning disk. If I was trusting a plug to do something while I was gone, it definitely wouldn't be running from a flash drive.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', '1')) I'd suggest a UPS then, definitely.

[kmihelich]

Converting to ext3 is just as simple as running `tune2fs -j /dev/sdxx`. For best results in migrating, pop both drives into another computer running linux, assume root (su or sudo su), mount both drives, then `cp -a /old/* /new` and wait. Once everything from the flash drive is on the hard drive, label the partition so the GFN bootloader will pick it up, `tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sdxx`. Pop the SATA drive into the right slot (looking from the front) and power on. Should be right where you left off.

[tomcheng76]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kmihelich', 'C')onverting to ext3 is just as simple as running `tune2fs -j /dev/sdxx`. For best results in migrating, pop both drives into another computer running linux, assume root (su or sudo su), mount both drives, then `cp -a /old/* /new` and wait. Once everything from the flash drive is on the hard drive, label the partition so the GFN bootloader will pick it up, `tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sdxx`. Pop the SATA drive into the right slot (looking from the front) and power on. Should be right where you left off.

[WarheadsSE]

Unless I am mistaken, sync causes a flush, which is also caused by unmount.

[TheDurtch]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kmihelich', 'C')onverting to ext3 is just as simple as running `tune2fs -j /dev/sdxx`. For best results in migrating, pop both drives into another computer running linux, assume root (su or sudo su), mount both drives, then `cp -a /old/* /new` and wait. Once everything from the flash drive is on the hard drive, label the partition so the GFN bootloader will pick it up, `tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sdxx`. Pop the SATA drive into the right slot (looking from the front) and power on. Should be right where you left off.

[kmihelich]

That's correct, when looking from the front.

[TheDurtch]

how do i make a "shortcut" of a directory cause i had my SATA drive mounted in 2 places