#224631 - 29/07/2006 00:10
Re: backup HD
[Re: mduran]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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That would work, assuming that the boot process doesn't choke when it doesn't detect a cdrom on boot.
Could anybody please confirm / deny this ? I like this solution.
Seems to choke on the boot process if there is no CDROM and the second hard disk is slave.
Anyone have a workaround?
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#224632 - 29/07/2006 00:20
Re: backup HD
[Re: geeknerd]
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carpal tunnel
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If anyone wants to give this method a shot, you should know the following commands:
mkdir /mnt/hdb
mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb
cp -r /drive0 /mnt/hdb
Using the serial debug dongle (I couldn't get to a shell from the USB keyboard with two hard disks installed), I tried these commands. Here is what I got:
Code:
jupiter:/# mkdir /mnt/hdb
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/hdb': Read-only file system
jupiter:/# rw
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
jupiter:/# mkdir /mnt/hdb
jupiter:/# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb /mnt/hdb
VFS: Can't find ext2 filesystem on dev ide0(3,64).
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb,
or too many mounted file systems
That's as far as I got. Anyone? HELP!
(Note: The slave drive has already been formatted as a Rio Central drive already, using the "Restore to as new" CD for version 1.10.)
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#224633 - 29/07/2006 00:29
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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Trying to put it back the way it was, I did rmdir /mnt/hdb, which worked, but now it won't go back into read only mode: Code:
jupiter:/empeg/bin# ro
mount: can't find / in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
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#224634 - 29/07/2006 01:38
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
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Hm. Well, in the absence of a on-the-central solution, I think I'll just mount both drives on the Windows PC with fs-driver and copy the files there.
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#224635 - 29/07/2006 01:56
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
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Hm. That software recognizes that there are two drives present that contain linux partitions, but it tells me they are not formatted, and when I select the drives in Explorer, it asks me if I want to format them.
Even though they both can boot a Central.
Is it that they're the wrong file system type for that driver to use? What file system does the Central use?
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#224636 - 29/07/2006 01:59
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
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Yup, that's it. Central drives are ReiserFS.
/me looks for software that will let my windows PC read and write ReiserFS...
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#224637 - 29/07/2006 02:10
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
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Hm. Appears as though such an animal does not exist.
Carp.
...little help?
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#224638 - 29/07/2006 02:26
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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Keep in mind that the only reason I'm thinking the Central drives are Reiser is because the mountdiag tool from here tells me they are. Are they? Anyone? <insert sound of crickets chirping here>
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#224639 - 29/07/2006 02:34
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 18/03/2002
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Loc: San Diego, California USA
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Hi Tony,
I've had luck using Ghost software to duplicate a smaller hard drive over to a larger hard drive. In fact, Ghost even uses up the additional disk space by making the largest partition "take up the slack", which is what you want.
I have a special older PC with Ghost installed and removable hard drive bays. I come along with a couple of drives to copy and just plug them in and "Ghost" one to the other....
I don't know of any way to accomplish what you're trying to do....I hope that helps....
If you can't figure out a work-around, I'd be happy to do the duplication on my setup and ship the drives back to you....
Randy
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Happy owner of 2 Centrals, 2 Empegs Mk2a 160GB, 1 Empeg Mk2a 60 GB, a Rio Riot, 4 Rio Receivers, and two 1GB iPod Shuffles...
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#224640 - 29/07/2006 02:50
Re: backup HD
[Re: The Central Guy]
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carpal tunnel
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If only I owned Ghost.  Incidentally, I get the same error when trying to mount /dev/hdb as reiserfs. It's almost like the central doesn't even support the mount command.
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#224641 - 29/07/2006 02:58
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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A little help on instant messenger from Mike Schrag and we've determined the following, based on messing with the thing and finding comments from Roger and others here on the BBS:
- The large music partitions on the Central are indeed ReiserFS.
- /etc/fstab is not used by the central.
- The central doesn't even seem to use the mount command at all. When you type mount by itself, it's supposed to enumerate everything that's mounted. On the central, that's nothing at all, it's blank.
I have another avenue of research. If that pans out, I'll get back here and post the results.
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#224643 - 01/08/2006 06:59
Re: backup HD
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
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Loc: London, UK
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trying to mount /dev/hdb as reiserfs
You can't mount /dev/hdb as reiserfs because /dev/hdb is the entire disk. You need to mount one of the partitions (/dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2, etc.) as reiserfs. I don't know which one, though. Do an fdisk -l /dev/hdb (that's a lower-case L) to find out what partitions are on the disk.
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#224644 - 01/08/2006 22:40
Re: backup HD
[Re: Roger]
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carpal tunnel
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Of course! How stupid of me to not realize that.
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