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[MiLo]

Everything looks just fine. If you type the following commands (copy.paste them to prevent typing errors), the box should be able to boot from CF:

rm /boot/bin/init
ln /boot/bin/initcf /boot/bin/init

Note that if something is wrong with the CF, you can always go back to internal flash by simlpy removing the CF card.

[dog05]

Milo, now I try and then let you know.
Thank you for your help.
Hello

[dog05]

Milo, I ran the commands you said, I have put the results.
Hello

root@dm7025:~# rm /boot/bin/init
rm: remove '/boot/bin/init'? yes
rm: can't remove '/boot/bin/init': Read-only file system
root@dm7025:~# ln /boot/bin/initcf /boot/bin/init
ln: /boot/bin/init: File exists

[MiLo]

Ah, so there's the problem. Somehow your /boot is readonly.

Run the following command, if that succeeds you should retry the previous two:

mount -o remount,rw /boot

[dog05]

root@dm7025:~# mount -o remount, rw/boot
mount: can't find rw/boot in /proc/mounts

[dog05]

root@dm7025:~# /proc/mounts
-sh: /proc/mounts: Permission denied

[dog05]

Milo, the / boot directory / bin there are 3 files: init, initcf and initflash, which should serve to start the cf or flash, so I think.
Maybe that is the plugin cf-boot is not set up correctly? because it is to turn that off cf cf from the same error "ln: / boot / bin / init file exits".
What do you think? If I said nonsense, please do not laugh, I do not know what to do.
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[betacentauri]

root@dm7025:~# mount -o remount, rw/boot
mount: can't find rw/boot in /proc/mounts

There must be a space between rw and /boot

mount -o remount,rw  /boot

[dog05]

Betacentauri, thanks for the help. The command is successful. I am attaching the mount, you can confirm that you are booting from cf.
Greetings
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root@dm7025:~# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on /boot type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hdc1 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /media type tmpfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /media/hdd type ext3 (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
tmpfs on /var/volatile type

[MiLo]

/dev/hdc1 on / type ext3 (rw)

Yep, that's CF.

You should have noticed it by boot time alone, flash boot is usually >90 seconds, with CF it boots in about a minute.

[dog05]

Milo, you've noticed and wanted to confirm, I also saw that all load is sh HDC1 (cf). One last thing: the day that I want to update the firmware I can do it on-line or have to spend the flash and repeat all installations?
Waiting for a reply I, once again, thank you for your availability by.
greetings

[JanH]

Milo,
thanks for procedure it looks exactly solve my problems with 7025 too!
:-)))
Please, do you know if 7025 is able to manage programme with streem about 5MB/sec? (MTV changed to this)

[dog05]

No, Janh, can not help you here.
greetings

[JanH]

Yes, I am booting from CF card too!
Great :-)

[dog05]

JanH, I'm glad that works for you.
Greetings

[giac]

I have problems copying into CF.

I run OpenPLi-2.1-beta-dm7025-20131201 on my 7025.

I flashed the CF ok but when I run Copy internal flash to CF card nothing happen.

It just hangs for very long time with a transparent screen showing at the bottom left a yellow button with << and on the bottom right a blue button with >>.

I have tried pressing both yellow and blue, tried pressing the green but nothing happen.

if i press ok it comes out and goes to the boot from CF card menu.

 

i then try to Activate CF boot from the same menu but get the spinning wheels and have to hard reboot from the switch on the back.

 

I have now tried installing flashexpander but same story

 

can somebody help me please?

 

many thanks

 

giac

[giac]

I have tried with a telnt session from DCC

it seems it starts copying to CF some of the folders and then it gets stuck in a loop as shown below

 

cp: can't stat '/usr/lib/opkg/info/r0.postinst”G°þlibgstapp-0.10-0.control´Gò
: No such file or directory                                                    
cp: can't stat '/usr/lib/opkg/info/controlH': No such file or directory     
cp: can't stat '/usr/lib/opkg/info/-0.10-0.postinstTHªÿlibgstinterfaces-0.10-0
controltHÿlibgstinterfaces-0.10-0.list”H¦': No such file or directory        
cp: can't stat '/usr/lib/opkg/info/-0.10-0.postinst´H!': No such file or direct
ry                     

 

any idea?

is this why I can't copy flash to CF?

thanks

 

 

giac