Saving a file permanently

[oboro-ky]

I'm not sure about this but at one time I was able to do this with FN 7.

I need to save 3 files somewhere on the usb F4N embed thumbdrive that the root user can see and execute. These are files that I use via script to check the status of the 3ware raid. When I put these files on the usb drive they are removed on the next reboot.

Can someone tell me if there is a folder I can save these files to so they will not be removed the nect time I reboot the machine? Root user will also have to have rights to write to one of these files.

Thanks

[roach9]

I would love to know this as well as I have a few scripts that need to be ran but they keep disappearing!!

[armandh]

a second thumb drive???

[lux]

embedded install with 2. Partition for Data Storage but with NO Swap

i've installed this way via LiveCD - you can mount 2. Partition & use for your need's

[roach9]

embedded install with 2. Partition for Data Storage but with NO Swap

i've installed this way via LiveCD - you can mount 2. Partition & use for your need's

So this would require a reinstall of NAS4Free entirely, huh?

[armandh]

since embedded N4F establishes a new hardware profile with each boot
it is NOT a new instillation if you have saved and restore the configuration files.

the embedded version of N4F and it's predecessor FN7 are easily written on new boot medium then
simply set the nic and IP to restore the config, DONE!

[roach9]

since embedded N4F establishes a new hardware profile with each boot
it is NOT a new instillation if you have saved and restore the configuration files.

the embedded version of N4F and it's predecessor FN7 are easily written on new boot medium then
simply set the nic and IP to restore the config, DONE!

this is a little unclear armandh, are you saying that we can add the script files to folder on the usb drive... save the configuration (how do we do this), reboot, and it should be fine?

[jandegr]

Hi,

3 script files are probalby not a lot of bytes, there is a little room left in /cf, that is
the USB stick that holds your NAS4Free embedded install.
to make it writable :

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mount -u /cf

now copy your scripts to /cf
they will be there untill you upgrade your NAS4Free to a new version.
After reboot they will be read only.

The install with data partion as suggested by Lux will work as well,
but requires a new install, and you have to mount the second partition.
You can treat it as any other disk you add. This will survive upgrades of
NAS4Free throug the gui with an img file as well. Files have read/write acces.

You can also put them anywhere on a data disk.

regards,

jandegr

[JohnHaxen]

I find myself needing to do the wipe.sh to clear old metadata (for reusing drives that were once part of a ZFS pool) quite a bit lately and it's getting rather annoying having to retype the script each time. I create the wipe.sh in the /mnt directory but it gets wiped out each time I reboot the computer. Where can I save it that is not "temporary", and accessed from the shell? Or, if it's easier, how can I transfer the script from a CD over to the active shell?

I know, these are extremely newbie'ish questions, but that's what the forum name is so hopefully someone will be kind and not just say something like "Learn the command line in linux".

[al562]

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[armandh]

PS
it is BSD not Linux
since [at my age] I can't remember all that stuff
I use a hard disk utility with a nice GUI

[shakky4711]

Hello,

. I create the wipe.sh in the /mnt directory but it gets wiped out each time I reboot the computer

Sound like you use an embedded install and did not save the file on a storage disk but in the area which is located in the RAMDISK. So after a reboot it is lost. Save the file not in /mnt/ but in /mnt/yourdatadisk the it survives the reboot.

Shakky