usb storage as rootfs error
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@Shanan-Clark said in usb storage as rootfs error:
on no sorry bro i wasn't meaning anything, i just assumed it couldn't be related , my thinking- if i can access it why would it create extra folders because it was mounted badly, as it is accessible/mounted correctly - im too used to dealing with windows related stuff , i didn't know that bad mounted drive cause copy functions to misbehave but allow full access otherwise? is that a thing?
The command copies the files in / to another storage-device and normally it would just skip over any files that aren't on the internal flash. Alas, because your storage-device isn't mounted correctly, the command just keeps copying stuff from flash to flash over and over. It's not "misbehaving", you just don't understand what's even going on.
i have the swap memory working on the mounted sd card so device is accessing card fine and on boot, now moving to the process of extend the storage
now if the swap file is working and working on boot which it is, i would think the card is mounted correctly?It's not mounted at /mnt, is it?
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cool bro super helpful
your exactly right i don't understand what is going on and im trying to hense the email
no thats really good info , and i made assumptions if one functions is working from a inserted device i assume another wouldit is mounted to /mnt which is the odd part, i am not simply copying and pasting tutorial links, but i am making sure the path matches and file name is correct, i mean getting the swap file to work was quite eye opening in that regard going through the process and as i am doing now i had to ask as every step seemed to be broken
is there a mount check? i mean its mounted i am using it as a swap file so how can i see if it isn't mounted correctly
sorry if i seem like a dick too,
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@Shanan-Clark What does
df -hgive you?
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@Shanan-Clark Since you already have it mounted you can shorten the command to
tar -C /overlay -cvf - . | tar -C /mnt/mmcblk0p1 -xf -then just continue from step 4 on the tutorial.
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i copied your link
its doing the folder/file repeating thing !
copying for ever duplicating folders over and over againsuggestions?
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@Shanan-Clark That's because you messed up so many times before and now you have a whole lot of useless files lying around. Try
rm -Rf /overlay/upper/mnt/upper && rm -Rf /overlay/upper/mnt/workand then try again.
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omg that worked
got some more stuff to say but yes that worked
i suppose why do i need to ask for help, why is it so broken
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@Shanan-Clark said in usb storage as rootfs error:
i suppose why do i need to ask for help, why is it so broken
It's not broken, you just don't know what you're doing and you then mess things up.
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Visual example of the
mountcommand here:
https://community.onion.io/topic/1402/tip-the-linux-mount-command
