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[ShaGGy]

I have installed a fresh PLI jade, crated var share on NAS drive and selected move VAR to media/var.

it copied all the files onto the NAs drive in var: pli/

When i look at it shows as network drive is selected.

Whne i install a plugin i get

yet it shows free space in var/: 312477496 kb
Package needs 8 kb
error installing package

it appears to be half using the var i.e it has it mapped as /var but isn`t actually using it but using the internal memory of the DM

anyone any ideas?

Box is DM500S (original)

[dAF2000]

Do you also get the "Not enough free space..." error message? You should get that one if there's really no space left. Otherwise, the "error installing package" error could be something mount related (for example, no write rights).

[ShaGGy]

Hi Daf

I am thinking it maybe a write permission problem but how couls it copy the VAR to the share if it was a permission problem?

How can I set permissions on the share?

[dAF2000]

First check if it's really a permission problem. In telnet type this:
touch /var/hello

Does that give an error? And is an empty file "hello" created on your NAS?

[ShaGGy]

gives an error

touch: /var/hello: No space left on device

[dAF2000]

And if type in telnet:
mount

Post the output here.

[ShaGGy]

output is

/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/1 on /var type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
none on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/1 on /var_flash type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
//192.168.1.67/moviw on /media/hdd type cifs (rw,nodiratime,unc=\192.168.1.67\movie,username=admin,rsize=8192,wsize=8192)
//192.168.1.67/var on /media/var type cifs (rw,nodiratime,unc=\192.168.1.67\var,username=anonymous,rsize=8192,wsize=8192)

[dAF2000]

Are you sure the username "anonymous" is right? In your other mount you use "admin".

[ShaGGy]

Not sure where 'anonymous' is coming from ? I have no passwords set on the SMB server setup screen and FTP is disabled (was enabled before so i disabled it in case it was being created from there)

its strange how it shows /var as 320gb free when i try installing an addon but /var used 85% on the dreambox settings page.

[dAF2000]

I think you get "anonymous" if you don't specify a password, but I'm not sure. You could try a user name/password, maybe your NAS doesn't accept this user name.
I don't know why it shows 85% used. I do know in file mode the percent used is wrong (until you reboot your Dreambox). That's fixed in the next image.

[ShaGGy]

can`t set a username on the SMB setup screen just a password tried that but got same result

[dAF2000]

Strange... the mount is there, but you just can't write to it. Did you already try it to mount from your PC?
And I see you have a mount on /media/hdd. Does that one work? Try "touch /media/hdd/hello".

[ShaGGy]

Yes Hdd is recording fine (via timer)

I reinstalled PLI fresh last night and deleted all my shares and restarted from scratch

I just made on folder PUBLIC and then set up the mounts again and they made dirs movie and var within the folder,
did the test with touch and it created the files in each dir.

Tried a recording via timer that recoeded fine and played back
moved var to NAS and it copied all the files over into pli folder

but will still not install new plugins to the var on NAS

really confused with this as it obviously can write to the var folder as it has copied contents of var to it and it reports space available on the NAS when it fails to install a plugin due to no room in var (as it is installing to the flash var)

[dAF2000]

Well, for the harddisk you used username "admin" so your mount on /media/var should be exactly the same (except for the "var" and /media/var of course).

[dAF2000]

By the way, did you reboot the Dreambox?
I just checked the file /etc/init.d/rcS:

elif [ -e /media/var/pli/$VERSION/var ] ; then
echo "Mounting /var on Network"
umount /var
/bin/mount -o bind /media/var/pli/$VERSION/var /var

So, after a reboot your /var should be mounted on /media/var/pli/..../var

[ShaGGy]

Just had a look at my rcS file and it does not have any of the above in it?

I tried adding the lines in DCC but it won`t save the edited file.

[dAF2000]

Are you really sure? Can you post that rcS file here, so we can check for any bugs.

[ShaGGy]

just tried
touch /var/hello result= No space left on device
the tried
touch /media/var/hello result= creates the file in NAS/var drive

so it does look like you said that var is not pointing to the NAS but it is still using the flash var

[ShaGGy]

#!/bin/sh

echo rcS starting

/bin/mount -n -t proc proc /proc
/bin/mount -n -t devpts devpts /dev/pts

/etc/init.d/init1

mount -t cramfs /dev/mtdblock/6 /root
/bin/showlogo /root/root/platform/kernel/bild
umount /root

#set environment variables ( mID )
. /proc/bus/dbox.sh

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp:/var/lib:/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=/tmp:/var/bin:$PATH

echo Mounting /var
/bin/mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock/1 /var

PLI_VERSION=0310

eval `grep ^version /.version`
VERSION=`echo $version |sed -e 's/^00*20\(......\).*$/\1/'`

mount -t ramfs none /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp

# set a hostname, mounting will otherwise fail
[ ! -e /var/etc/hostname ] && cp /var_init/etc/hostname /var/etc/hostname
/bin/hostname -F /var/etc/hostname

# bring up loopback interface
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up

# we are now trying to get up eth0 so we can do mountings!
/bin/setupnetwork > /tmp/iplog.log 2>&1

init=0
[ -e /var/.pli_init-$PLI_VERSION ] || init=1

if [ $init -eq 1 ] ; then
echo First boot
# first make a backup to tempdir
/bin/backupflash.sh
echo Unmounting /var
umount /var
echo Flash erasing
/bin/eraseall /dev/mtd/1
echo Mounting /var
/bin/mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock/1 /var
cp -a /var_init/* /var
touch /var/.pli_init-$PLI_VERSION
/bin/movevar.sh unmove
else
echo Not first boot, no flash erase is needed
fi

#check if a dir /media/var/pli/removeatnextboot is present, if so delete it now
[ -d /media/var/pli/removeatnextboot ] && rm -rf /media/var/pli/removeatnextboot

# Check where /var has to be mounted
echo "Booting version : "$VERSION >> /tmp/boot.log
if [ -d /media/var/pli/$VERSION/var ] ; then
echo "Mounting /var on Network" >> /tmp/boot.log
umount /var
/bin/mount -o bind /media/var/pli/$VERSION/var /var
if [ $init -eq 1 ] ; then
rm -rf /var/*
fi
else
echo "starting in flash" >> /tmp/boot.log
fi

# allways mount var_flash
mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock/1 /var_flash

# If there are backup files now is the time to copy them back ;-)
[ -d "/tmp/var_backup" ] && /bin/restoreflash.sh

#create empty keyfile for keyfile updater
[ ! -f "/var/keys/irdeto" ] && touch /var/keys/irdeto
[ ! -f "/var/keys/SoftCam.Key" ] && touch /var/keys/SoftCam.Key

[ ! -d "/var/tuxbox/scce" ] && ln -s /var/scce /var/tuxbox/scce

ln -s /dev/dvb/card0/demux0 /dev/dvb/card0/demux1
ln -s /dev/dvb/card0/dvr0 /dev/dvb/card0/dvr1

ln -sf sound/dsp /dev/dsp
ln -sf fb/0 /dev/fb0
ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/psaux
ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse

[ -e /var/etc/rc.config ] && . /var/etc/rc.config || . /var_init/etc/rc.config

/sbin/inetd &

[ -e /var/etc/init ] && . /var/etc/init

swapon -a &

# If Inadyn is installed and enabled start it
if [ "$INADYN" = enabled ] ; then
echo "Going to start Inadyn"
/var/bin/inadyn --input_file /var/etc/inadyn.config
fi

# If firewall needs to be started do it now
if [ "$FIREWALL" = enabled -a -x "/var/bin/firewall.sh" ] ; then
( /var/bin/firewall.sh start ) &
fi

# If Cron is enabled start it
if [ "$CRON" = enabled ] ; then
crond &
fi

if [ "$SYSLOG_LOG" = enabled ] ; then
if [ -n "$SYSLOG_HOST" ] ; then
syslogd -R $SYSLOG_HOST
else
syslogd
fi
klogd
fi

if [ "$GSUB" = enabled ] ; then
/var/bin/gSUB &
fi

if [ -x /var/bin/pli_ecmhelper ] ; then
/var/bin/pli_ecmhelper
else
/bin/pli_ecmhelper
fi

if [ -x /var/bin/dropbear.sh ] ; then
/var/bin/dropbear.sh
fi

exec /bin/start_enigma

exit 0

[dAF2000]

You are right... I posted the wrong rcS and yours is right. Can you check if you have a directory "/media/var/pli/.../var"? (the dots are something like "0109200901200000").