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huntrm

Member

Registered: 2012-09-14

Posts: 8

EXT2 --> EXT 3 on Pogoplug. Won't boot.

I decided to tackle this one again.  Had a stable working EXT2, but opinion seems to be that EXT3 is way to go for greater disk stability with possibility of power outage, etc.

So, I followed this process to convert:  ttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Convert_ext2_to_ext3

1.  Using a Pogoplug V2, with a single USB stick, single partition /dev/root
2.  Put the stick into my Ubuntu system
3.  In Ubuntu, the partition was identified as /dev/sdb1
4.  In console, entered this command: 

sudo tune2fs -j /dev/sdb1

5. Journaling completed
6.  After this, I put the stick back in the pogoplug, and everything booted up, but the /dev/root still said ext2 with the mount command.
7.  Per the instruction, edited the fstab file so that it includes /dev/root / ext3 defaults 0 1
8.  Added the MODULES="ext3" to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
9.  Here's where it didn't complete:
     Attempted following command, and got errors

mkinitcpio -p linux

     Something about a linux profile not available

Now, pogoplug won't boot - got the orange light.

Any ideas on how to get the system back to boot?  I reverted the fstab and the mkinitcpio.conf changes, and nothing.

Thanks.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: EXT2 --> EXT 3 on Pogoplug. Won't boot.

Something about a linux profile not available

You should have dealt with this problem before rebooting.

Arch Linux doesn't support ARM architecture, Arch Linux ARM does. You should go http://archlinuxarm.org and ask there.
I'm not sure if it's relevant, but http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 … 2-pinkgray says

Can I use ext3/4?
U-Boot only supports booting from ext2 drives. Booting from ext3/4 drives is unstable and is not recommended. But, if you know what you're doing, you can make an ext2 /boot partition as sda1 and partition the rest as ext3/4. Make sure to edit /etc/fstab too!

Last edited by karol (2012-09-29 13:05:20)

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,260

Re: EXT2 --> EXT 3 on Pogoplug. Won't boot.

Karol, is right.  In the mean time, I have also moved this to 'Other Architectures' so as not not to confuse the Newbie forum

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