[arm-allstar] all changes to system lost on reboot

[Patrick Perdue]

I saw this on a system once. Shortly thereafter, the MicroSD card became 
unusable. I'd say back that stuff up and transfer it to a new card just 
to be safe.


On 3/1/2023 5:37 PM, LaRoy McCann via ARM-allstar wrote:
> This is a very strange situation.  I have a system that has been running
> for years.  I recently made some changes to rpt.conf and also created ssh
> keys to another system.  Upon reboot of the system all my changes are gone
> and the file date for rpt.conf is back to the date it was before making any
> changes (june 8, 2022).  All my ssh key files are also gone.  I created a
> new file in /etc/asterisk and upon reboot it is gone.
>
> I don't see how this is happening, but I know it is technically possible.
>
> The flash card can't be write protected or the system would not run or I
> would not be able to write files to the system.  I know there are some
> tmpfs file systems, but / is not one of them.  I even issued the sync
> command 3 times just to make sure cache was flushed to the flash drive.
>
> Has anyone ever seen such a thing as this?
>
> I am going to redo this system from scratch but I am one that would like to
> know WHY?
>
> 73's
>
> LaRoy McCann / K5TW
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