From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sam.nabble.com (sam.nabble.com [216.139.236.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56F83B6F0B for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:46:12 +1100 (EST) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PyxnM-00048l-Jz for linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:46:08 -0700 Message-ID: <31140838.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:46:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Vasanth Ragavendran To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Mpc8315erdb openvpn segmentation fault In-Reply-To: <31103965.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <31086738.post@talk.nabble.com> <20110307142207.6e879798@schlenkerla> <31094242.post@talk.nabble.com> <20110308125259.73d3094b@schlenkerla> <31103965.post@talk.nabble.com> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Thanks scott! my question must have been very silly to u! thanks for replying to it patiently!!! Vasanth Ragavendran wrote: > > Thanks again Scott. That was really helpful. Actually i forgot to mention > that i had created an ext2 ramdisk file system and it was non-persistent > (the mount point was /dev/ram for this ext2 ramdisk filesystem). and then > i changed the file system to jffs2 and it is persistent (and the mount > point was /dev/mtdblock1 for jffs2 file system). so my question is why is > that the ext2 ramdisk is non-persistent? is it because of the mount point > /dev/ram and what needs to be changed in order to make it persistent. > thanks again for prompt response.. > > > Scott Wood-2 wrote: >> >> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:28:32 -0800 >> Vasanth Ragavendran wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks a ton Scott. Actually i was working with the same version of the >>> kernel on both the boards. >>> it was 2.6.29.6. neither i changed the u-boot. it was the same in both. >>> however i recompiled the kernel and i installed on both the boards and >>> it >>> worked fine! :) thanks again for responding. however i've another >>> question. >>> my filesystem in the board is non-persistent i.e. the files i create are >>> erased after i reboot i know the files are getting stored in RAM and i >>> wish >>> to make them persistent. what do i need to do for this? should i create >>> a >>> separate partition in the flash and load certain files into that >>> partition? >>> or how should i make it persistent so that files stay beyond reboot! >>> thanks >>> again! eagerly awaiting your response. >> >> Yes, you should create a filesystem (e.g. jffs2) on a flash partition. >> >> -Scott >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linuxppc-dev mailing list >> Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org >> https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Mpc8315erdb-openvpn-segmentation-fault-tp31086738p31140838.html Sent from the linuxppc-dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.