Manuel,

I haven't formatted the drive, but XP says it's FAT32. I was able to
write to it (the drive) with Linux Mint without a problem.

So, you're describing the creation of a "nest" via the terminal, not the
"duck" interface, right?

I did note that, when I set up my test "nests" before, d:b thought my
usb drive was a hard drive, not a usb drive. I wonder if that has
anything to do with the problem. When you say hd number, I suppose this
means "2", as I have one actual hard drive.

I don't have a partition on the usb drive. Is this necessary? I'm not
sure what to do with the <y> parameter in this case.

Thanks!

I.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:08:47 +0200, "Manuel Gamba"
<manuel_gamba@???> said:
> Bomis,
> I had the same problem with my usb.
> Surely you've formatted it with a 'writable' filesystem (not NTFS).
>
> I've found a note from jaromil in mailing archives and resolved the
> issue:
>
> from commandline:
> mknest -f /mnt/hd<x>/<y>/dyne/dyne.nst,<size>
>
> where x and y are hd number and partition of your usb stick and size is
> in
> megabytes.
>
> hope this helps,
> ciao
> -Manuel-
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bomis" <prendin@???>
> To: "dynebolic mailinglist" <dynebolic@???>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 00:15
> Subject: Re: [dyne:bolic] New db user comments
>
>
> > Regarding the failure to boot using my usb "nest":
> >
> > Tried it again, this time without using encryption. No difference.
> > Here's what showed up on the screen:
> >
> > file etc/ld.so.conf is not writable
> > can't insert line /opt/audio/lib
> > [same repeated for image, network, text, video, xfce in place of audio]
> >
> > can't open configuration file /etc/ld.so.conf: input/output error
> > can't create temporary cache file
> > /etc/ld.so.cache: read-only file system
> >
> > So...my usb drive is read-only? Or the nest is? Why would that happen?
> >
> > Also...still coping with super-accelerated mouse even at the slowest
> > setting. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > I.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:21:01 +0100, "Guy" <sayhi2guy@???>
> > said:
> >> Bomis wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi, Guy (and all),
> >> >
> >> >Yes, the startup sequence did stop and ask me for the password to access
> >> >the usb "nest". I'll have to test the thing again to see exactly what
> >> >is happening. I do know that it found something unsatisfactory and then
> >> >it stopped. Having searched through the mailing list archives, I see
> >> >that others have had similar problems with the usb "nest".
> >> >
> >> >I don't know what the format of the usb drive is. It's just a standard
> >> >unit from one of the office supply stores.
> >> >
> >> >Another question I forgot to ask: when using firefox via dyne:bolic,
> >> >there's no flash plugin installed (unlike with Linux Mint, which I'm
> >> >testing right now...very nice [but no cool rasta stuff!]). I'm sure
> >> >it's very easy to fix that, but I'm clueless as to how. Do I need to
> >> >"dock" the OS to be able to do that?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> If it were me, I would try making a nest that is not password protected
> >> to see if that is the issue or whether it is a problem with the nesting
> >> system itself - that may isolate the problem at least. I must admit I
> >> haven't encrypted my nest. My life is far too boring .....
> >>
> >> Flash will not be in there as it is not 'free' software, in the sense
> >> that it does not offer the freedoms guaranteed by the GPL (if you are
> >> perplexed check out the free software foundation's site
> >> http://www.fsf.org/). Different distros have different opinions about
> >> including 'non-free' software. However, if you get software packages
> >> for anything you want, you can install them to a running dyne:bolic
> >> sytem - there is a link off the wiki's FAQ page explaining how. You
> >> will have to reinstall them after booting again (docking doesn't change
> >> this) - this can be seen as a bonus because you can install anything &
> >> 100% lose it if you don't want it again. The only way to make them
> >> permanent is to remaster d:b or make a module.
> >>
> >> best
> >>
> >> Guy
> >

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