[SOLVED] NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1.run

[gerald_clark]

Use the mc file manager to look in mydata.tgz and see if your data is there.  If not, you did not back it up.
If it is there, it should be extracted at boot.

[Stone.Giant]

Hi Stone.Giant

If I do a persistent storage bootcode, will my file automatically transferred to hdd?

Yes. Before you start, copy your  tce/mydata.tgz  to  tce/mydata.tgz.original. This way you have a backup in case you mess up.
Add the  home=sda2  boot code. Reboot your machine. Edit your  /opt/,filetool.lst  file and remove any entries listing home.
Run a backup. Do another reboot to verify your home is persistent.

i think it will not gona load coz i renamed my original mydata.tgz to mydata.tgz.original even my file is there

[gerald_clark]

You were told to copy, not rename.
Copy your backup to mydata.tgz and reboot.

[Stone.Giant]

yes i did copy using command

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tc@box:/mnt/sda2/tce$ cp -pi mydata.tgz mydata.tgz.original


[Stone.Giant]

I used mc.tcz to view the contents of mydata.tgz i did not see any home folder only these 3
/etc
/opt
/usr

[Stone.Giant]

how can i define the UUID of my hdd?

[gerald_clark]

You don't.  Run blkid to find out what it is.

[Stone.Giant]

All ok now. I reload my original mydata.tgz and disable persistent storage then returned again to persistent storage. All my files were transferred. I think the main cause of the problem is the swap and home are on the same partition (sda2). I redefine my home and swap partitions.

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tc@box:~$ cat /proc/mounts | grep /dev/sd
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda2 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
tc@box:~$ ls
Desktop/                             jre-8u45-linux-i586.tar.gz
Downloads/                           jre1.8.0_45/
Introducing the Lily Camera.mp4      linux-3.16.6-patched.txz
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1.run  nvidia-error ID4786
alsareadme                           nvidia-installer.log
alsasound_start.sh                   seamonkey/
dillo-3.0.4.1/                       seamonkey-2.33.1.tar.bz2


[Stone.Giant]

Here is my progress now, going back to the original problem...

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$ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-3.16.6

It gave me an error

[gerald_clark]

Use a symbolic link to point /usr/src to a directory on your hard disk.  Then follow the instructions you were given to extract the sources.

[Stone.Giant]

Use a symbolic link to point /usr/src to a directory on your hard disk.  Then follow the instructions you were given to extract the sources.

point to which directory?

[gerald_clark]

The one where you are going to store the files.  I have a feeling you are in over your head.

[Stone.Giant]

My SOP is to install any programs in $HOME which is now in HDD using persistent storage bootcode. Is this correct?

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tc@box:/usr/src/linux-3.16.6$ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.16.6 /home/tc

Will it be better if i manually install headers? Where will it be installed?

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tc@box:/usr/src/linux-3.16.6$ make headers_install

[Juanito]

I suggest you use the linux-kernel-sources-env extension to prepare the kernel source.

Before loading the extension, create a symlink to your permanent home:

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$ mkdir -p /home/tc/usr/src
$ cd /usr
$ sudo ln -s /home/tc/usr/src src
..and then load linux-kernel-sources-env

[Stone.Giant]

I already finished loading linux-kernel-sources-env. Now what is the next step?