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Upgrading Vera's firmware will require setting up the swapfile from scratch as per instructions below.
 
Upgrading Vera's firmware will require setting up the swapfile from scratch as per instructions below.
  
==Instructions==
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== Instructions ==
To set up a swapfile for Vera to use after you have have enabled to store logs on a USB stick as described here: [[Store_logs_USB]] it is required
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to SSH into your Vera. This procedure is explained here: [[Logon_Vera_SSH]].
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Once you are at the SSH commandline, enter these commands one by one.
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To set up a swapfile for Vera to use after you have have enabled to store logs on a USB stick as described here: [[Store logs USB]] it is required to SSH into your Vera. This procedure is explained here: [[Logon Vera SSH]].
Please note that the forst command can take a few minutes to complete, depending on the speed of your USB stick.
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Once you are at the SSH commandline, enter these commands one by one. Please note that the forst command can take a few minutes to complete, depending on the speed of your USB stick.  
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1. Data description for 64Mb swapfile for the filesystem:
  
1. Data description for 64Mb swapfile for the filesystem:
 
 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/log/cmh/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/log/cmh/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
  
2. Creating the actual swapfile:
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2. Creating the actual swapfile:  
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  mkswap /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
 
  mkswap /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
  
3. Start using the newly created swapfile:
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3. Start using the newly created swapfile:  
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  swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
 
  swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
  
How to test if swap is enabled: Re-issue the above command and if the file shows busy, then swap is enabled
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How to test if swap is enabled: Re-issue the above command and if the file shows busy, then swap is enabled  
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  swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
 
  swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
 
  swapon: /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile: Device or resource busy
 
  swapon: /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile: Device or resource busy
  
If for some reason you would like to stop Vera using the swapfile use the following command after SSH-ing into Vera:
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If for some reason you would like to stop Vera using the swapfile use the following command after SSH-ing into Vera:  
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  swapoff /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
 
  swapoff /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
  
4. Persistent Swap after reboot: Edit /etc/init.d/usb and insert the following line in the appropriate place:
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4. Persistent Swap after reboot: Edit /etc/init.d/usb and insert the following line in the appropriate place:  
  
/sbin/swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
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swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
  
Shown below in /etc/init.d/usb
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Shown below in /etc/init.d/usb<br>
  
#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
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#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
#Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
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# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
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START=39
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start() {
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        [ -d /proc/bus/usb ] &amp;&amp; {
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                /bin/mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
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                <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'''/sbin/swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile'''</span>
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        }
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}
  
START=39
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<br><br>
start() {
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        [ -d /proc/bus/usb ] && {
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                /bin/mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
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                /sbin/swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
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        }
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}
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==References==
 
==References==
 
please find more info here:<br>
 
please find more info here:<br>
 
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/usb.storage
 
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/usb.storage

Latest revision as of 04:16, 17 December 2012


HOWTO set up a memory swapfile on a USB stick

*NOTE This feature should only be set up by users with large z-wave networks and some knowledge of Linux internal commands. The functionality has been tested by some beta testers if the userforum at http://forum.mios.com, but using the feature should still be done with caution.

Contents

[edit] Prerequisites

  • Vera 2 hardware
  • Vera firmware 1.1.1245 or later
  • USB stick attached to Vera

[edit] Introduction

Heres a short manual on how to set up a memory swap file on a USB stick to allocate more memory for your Vera. This is an additional feature once you have set up USB logging for Vera as described here: Store_logs_USB

The instructions contain commands for 4 indivudual steps.

Data description for 64Mb swapfile Creating swapfile Start using swapfile Stop using a swapfile.

Please note that rebooting Vera will require a manual start of the swapfile. Upgrading Vera's firmware will require setting up the swapfile from scratch as per instructions below.

[edit] Instructions

To set up a swapfile for Vera to use after you have have enabled to store logs on a USB stick as described here: Store logs USB it is required to SSH into your Vera. This procedure is explained here: Logon Vera SSH.

Once you are at the SSH commandline, enter these commands one by one. Please note that the forst command can take a few minutes to complete, depending on the speed of your USB stick.

1. Data description for 64Mb swapfile for the filesystem:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/log/cmh/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536

2. Creating the actual swapfile:

mkswap /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile	

3. Start using the newly created swapfile:

swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile

How to test if swap is enabled: Re-issue the above command and if the file shows busy, then swap is enabled

swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
swapon: /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile: Device or resource busy

If for some reason you would like to stop Vera using the swapfile use the following command after SSH-ing into Vera:

swapoff /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile

4. Persistent Swap after reboot: Edit /etc/init.d/usb and insert the following line in the appropriate place:

swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile

Shown below in /etc/init.d/usb

#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org

START=39
start() {
        [ -d /proc/bus/usb ] && {
                /bin/mount -t usbfs none /proc/bus/usb
                /sbin/swapon /tmp/log/cmh/swapfile
        }
}



[edit] References

please find more info here:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/usb.storage

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