[gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Robin Bonin]

How much of the system's ram is used as the ram disk?
Is there away that I can see the space left on the ram disk?
Is there any logging taking place other than the /var/log folder?

I'm running a system w/ 512Meg of ram that is locking up, and I think
it is related to the ammount of free space on the disk...


Thanks
Robin
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Christian Krafft]

Hi, 

what about "df" ?

ck

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 15:13 -0500, Robin Bonin wrote:
> How much of the system's ram is used as the ram disk?
> Is there away that I can see the space left on the ram disk?
> Is there any logging taking place other than the /var/log folder?
> 
> I'm running a system w/ 512Meg of ram that is locking up, and I think
> it is related to the ammount of free space on the disk...
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Robin
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Thierry Carrez]

Robin Bonin wrote:

> How much of the system's ram is used as the ram disk?
> Is there away that I can see the space left on the ram disk?
> Is there any logging taking place other than the /var/log folder?

With the current catalyst systems, I think only /root /var and /etc are
"writeable". Logging should only take place in /var/log as the software
is default-configured for that.

As someone previously said, using df should show the space left on the
ramdisk.

> I'm running a system w/ 512Meg of ram that is locking up, and I think
> it is related to the ammount of free space on the disk...

It's running rock-solid on my systems with 64Mb RAM for months now.
Configuring logrotate to limit the amount of data logged is important to
ensure swift operation though.

btw, GNAP 1.5 is out since a few days, you can see it on the GNAP page.
It's a major reconditioning of the gnap_make and gnap_overlay scripts to
facilitate use and enable new functions. I'm writing ebuilds for that
version that will simplify installation, then things will be announced
officially.

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Tommy B]

Thierry Carrez wrote:

>btw, GNAP 1.5 is out since a few days, you can see it on the GNAP page.
>It's a major reconditioning of the gnap_make and gnap_overlay scripts to
>facilitate use and enable new functions. I'm writing ebuilds for that
>version that will simplify installation, then things will be announced
>officially.
>
>  
>
Hi Thierry,

I tried runnng GNAP 1.5 without much luck :(.  I was wondering if you could
help me out with a command for 1.5 (the examples are for 1.3 and it
appears stuff has changes some). 

Also, if you need a tester for the ebuilds I'll be happy to try.  I've got a
soekris 4501 I'd like to test the resulting images on.

Thanks,

Tommy B.


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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Thierry Carrez]

Tommy B wrote:

> I tried runnng GNAP 1.5 without much luck :(.  I was wondering if you could
> help me out with a command for 1.5 (the examples are for 1.3 and it
> appears stuff has changes some). 

The examples are for 1.5 (versions 1.3 and 1.4 were skipped). They
should work... What are you trying to do ? What do you type ? What is
the result/error you get ? Note that you can view the man pages for more
info.

> Also, if you need a tester for the ebuilds I'll be happy to try.  I've got a
> soekris 4501 I'd like to test the resulting images on.

I'll let you know when they are out. I wasn't able to test 1.5 on
soekris as I currently don't own one, so your tests should be
interesting to doublecheck everything is ok on this side.

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Tommy B]

Thierry Carrez wrote:

>Tommy B wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I tried runnng GNAP 1.5 without much luck :(.  I was wondering if you could
>>help me out with a command for 1.5 (the examples are for 1.3 and it
>>appears stuff has changes some). 
>>    
>>
>
>The examples are for 1.5 (versions 1.3 and 1.4 were skipped). They
>should work... What are you trying to do ? What do you type ? What is
>the result/error you get ? Note that you can view the man pages for more
>info.
>
>  
>
First off, thanks for the quick reply.

Ok, I was trying the follow the example at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/gnap-userguide.xml

I've pulled the 1.5 tarballs from
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/gnap.xml

The 1.5 and 1.2.1 and earlier are listed on the above link, however there
is no reference to 1.3. :(

Therefore, it makes trying to run the example command a little difficult

./gnap_overlay -i myfirewall.iso -g gnap-core-1.3.tar -o overlays/myfirewall

which references the 1.3 tarball which is not on the above links.  I
tried adapting
to some stuff in 1.5, but it didn't work.  We should probably start with
making
the 1.3 tarball available, or modifiying the example to use files in or
1.5 tarball.

I know you've been working to make this happen.  I hope I'm not
bothering you
too much.

>>Also, if you need a tester for the ebuilds I'll be happy to try.  I've got a
>>soekris 4501 I'd like to test the resulting images on.
>>    
>>
>
>I'll let you know when they are out. I wasn't able to test 1.5 on
>soekris as I currently don't own one, so your tests should be
>interesting to doublecheck everything is ok on this side.
>  
>
nod.
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] GNAP Ram Disk Space

[Thierry Carrez]

Tommy B wrote:

> Ok, I was trying the follow the example at
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/gnap-userguide.xml
> 
> I've pulled the 1.5 tarballs from
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/gnap.xml
> 
> The 1.5 and 1.2.1 and earlier are listed on the above link, however there
> is no reference to 1.3. :(

Due to the massive rewrite of the scripts I skipped the 1.3 and 1.4
names to go directly to 1.5. What should have been the 1.3 version was
named "1.5".

> Therefore, it makes trying to run the example command a little difficult
> 
> ./gnap_overlay -i myfirewall.iso -g gnap-core-1.3.tar -o overlays/myfirewall
> 
> which references the 1.3 tarball which is not on the above links.  I
> tried adapting
> to some stuff in 1.5, but it didn't work. 

If you need help, please post the command used and the error message you
get.

> We should probably start with
> making
> the 1.3 tarball available, or modifiying the example to use files in or
> 1.5 tarball.

You should probably wait for the ebuild. It will install the GNAP core
automatically to a default place and allow to overlay using :

gnap_overlay -i myfirewall.iso -o overlays/myfirewall

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