Hi all,

I just managed to install optware with ipkg as package manager. Great !

But after I install a few packages ipkg warns me that I run out of disk space.

Turns out that all the packages are installed in the internal flash memory.

How can I install optware and the packages installed with ipkg on my HDD1?

Thank you.

Sebastiaan.

Moved to Other Developments.

On the internal hard disk is a linux ext3 partition which is mounted on /tmp/hdd/root
Create a directory /tmp/hdd/root/opt

Link the directory.
mount -o bind /tmp/hdd/root/opt /usr/local/etc/opt
On reboot you will have to reenter it again or create a script or modify /usr/local/etc/rcS
Install optware in /tmp/hdd/root/opt

I installed optware on a 4Gb multi media card formatted as ext3 and installed optware there.
1. I can remove the mmc anytime I like
2. If you need to reformat the hard disk again You will have to reinstall optware again.
3. The mount location in my case is fixed at /tmp/usbmounts/mmcblk0p1

Have fun.

JR

I did try the "mount -o bind" trick but it did not work because the HDD is not mounted with fstab.

"mount -o bind" only works if the device is mounted via fstab.

Sebastiaan.

I tried this just now
/ # mount
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/2 on /usr/local/etc type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/rd/0 on /mnt/rd type vfat (rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1)
/dev/mmc/blk0/part1 on /tmp/usbmounts/mmcblk0p1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1 type ufsd (rw,nodiratime,nls=utf8,uid=0,gid=0,fmask=0,dmask=0,nocase,force)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 on /tmp/hdd/root type ext3 (rw)

mount -o bind /tmp/hdd/root/opt /usr/local/etc/opt

/ # mount
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/mtdblock/2 on /usr/local/etc type yaffs (rw,noatime)
/dev/rd/0 on /mnt/rd type vfat (rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1)
/dev/mmc/blk0/part1 on /tmp/usbmounts/mmcblk0p1 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1 type ufsd (rw,nodiratime,nls=utf8,uid=0,gid=0,fmask=0,dmask=0,nocase,force)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 on /tmp/hdd/root type ext3 (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 on /usr/local/etc/opt type ext3 (rw)

Did you created directories
/usr/local/etc/opt
/tmp/hdd/root/opt

JR

My bad.

It did work.

Do you know how big that root partition on the HDD is?

And if its to small can i change it?

Thanks a million

Sebastiaan.

/usr/local/etc # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 118.4M 118.4M 0 100% /
/dev/mtdblock/2 40.0M 1.7M 38.3M 4% /usr/local/etc
/dev/rd/0 40.0k 40.0k 0 100% /mnt/rd
/dev/mmc/blk0/part1 1.9G 324.1M 1.5G 18% /tmp/usbmounts/mmcblk0p1
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 148.0G 10.3G 137.7G 7% /tmp/hdd/volumes/HDD1
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 509.6M 26.7M 456.9M 6% /tmp/hdd/root

It think is is possible but might have to use Gparted on a linux box to resize the partition
and also have the chance the HDD2 will not except this and ask for a format, else use mmc card

JR

You can use the GParted Live CD with a Windows PC to repartition the hard disk.

Huray

I think it works.

Thanks a million.

I will pull out the hd and stick it into a computer and try to enlarge the partition to 1,945mb.

Sebastiaan.

Before taking out the hard disk, try if you can repartition it as a USB hard disk. That means just connecting the USB cable.
I could repartition a USB disk (not the Playon however) with the GParted Live CD.