On Wednesday 16 July 2014 07:36:28 Leonardo Rodrigues wrote:
>      Hi Charles,
>
>      After weeks trying to figure it out, i'm really giving up on trying
> to boot OpenWRT with inband-tags parameter. I really cannot figure how
> to do it.

Are you able to boot from some other boot source?

If so, you can then do a manual mount and inband-tags is a boot option.

IIRC, something like:

mount -t yaffs2 -o"inband-tags" /dev/mtdblk0 /mnt

>
>      Do the other informations i provided you, the /proc contents during
> writing, before and after reboots, pointed something that could be
> linked to the dissapearing space problem i'm facing ?
>
>      Thanks !
>
> Em 23/06/14 20:05, Charles Manning escreveu:
> > On Friday 06 June 2014 06:46:23 Leonardo Rodrigues wrote:
> >>       Hi Charles,
> >>
> >> Em 02/06/14 00:58, Charles Manning escreveu:
> >>> You might also consider using inband tags to see if this makes the
> >>> problem go away.
> >>
> >>       I really couldnt get OpenWRT to mount my root partition with the
> >> inband-tags parameter. As soon as it boots with that parameter, the
> >> partition cannot be mounted and it kernel panics.
> >
> > You would of course have to load up the flash with the files first.
> >
> > ie. mount with some other boot source, set up the rootfs, then reboot.