[mk01]

(3rd Jul, 2013 12:50 AM)raspberry_pd Wrote:  

(2nd Jul, 2013 06:38 PM)mk01 Wrote:  .ts is most probably MPEG1 so yes (assumption)

Do you mean MPEG2?

of course, typo

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(3rd Jul, 2013 12:04 AM)niftydude Wrote:  I'll let it run overnight and try it again in the morning to see if anything bad happens, but I think we are good.

ok, I will add param to cmdline.txt "partswap", which will, in the case of rootfstype=btrfs, create 256mb swap partition as last partition on the drive. and the param will be default after tests.

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(3rd Jul, 2013 03:30 AM)alfredo Wrote:  

Code:

Checking for keyboard...
Mounting root as: mount -t btrfs -o [...] /dev/mmcblk0p2 /rootfs
[...]ing root

I can't read/guess the beginning of the third line... sorry!

After this, the system "hangs" (no activity on any led). My guess is some file in /usr/bin is not being found, but no error is reported at this stage.

As a side note: When we sort this booting issue out, once I delete the content from /usr and /var on the sdcard, I guess the @safe snapshot will still be keeping the sdcard space busy. Would it be safe to delete them?

Thanks for the support!

it is "Moving root". last action before switch_root to /dev/mmcblk0p2. then, /sbin/init is started and /sbin/mountall as first binary (with no any library dependency outside /lib).

so technically it should work. can I see your /etc/fstab? then, remove "quiet" parameter from cmdline.txt and be sure to check, that /dev/sdxy partition appear BEFORE "Moving root". if not, change in cmdline.txt scsi_mod.scan=async to sync. this should tell the kernel to run scsi (usb drives) scan not asynchronously. if even this not helps, edit /etc/init/mountall.conf, change --timeout=1 to --timeout=50 (it is seconds). or just hold left shift on keyboard during boot (after cursor first appear on screen - what you will not see because overscan). ok, reboot, hold left shift on keyboard (attached directly to RPI), you should get recovery shell from within initramfs. then wait until /dev/sdxx appear, exit. it will continue boot process.

if even this not helps, I don't know.

btw: mountall is doing .log file in /run/mountall.log. you can change mountall.conf file to provide screen output by uncommenting #console output line and remove the redirect to /run/ ....

also, you can boot with cmdline option init=/bin/bash, which will (after Moving root) instead of /sbin/init start /bin/bash and provide console. and check what is going on.

anyhow you should be able to diagnose with the above info. still, you can send the /etc/fstab

and the snapshot stuff is like you say. and yes, feel free to delete @safe. but then no possibility to revert to stock files / confs - but you are aware of it.