WD My Cloud Ex2: Kernel v5.10 with Debian Bullseye and OMV

> And then if you decide to flash that u-boot
> without serial console, you must get vzhilov or
> CyperPK or others to dump the envs image. And then
> flash both u-boot image and the envs image in the
> same session.

Or if they can dump their mtd0 (which include the envs), then you can also flash the whole mtd0 file at once.

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Hey,

Many thanks for your advice. Honestly I think the best options is ask for a dump, because I don’t know what I can check to figure out why the console is not working.

Perhaps I need to go to the orignal WD firmware?

I will try to contact CyperPK or vzhilov and let’s see if they can dump their u-boot.

Thanks again for all your time and advices with my issue.

Best

i5Js,

> Perhaps I need to go to the orignal WD firmware?

No, because the envs will not work.

>
> I will try to contact CyperPK or vzhilov and
> let’s see if they can dump their u-boot.
>

Yes. Come back and I'll help you flashing it. It is best to have the dump for the entire mtd0 (5MB).

> Thanks again for all your time and advices with my
> issue.

My pleasure, too bad serial console does not work, or we could have solved it many days ago!

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I was meaning to get the WD firm back to get the console enable.. because it’s very strange that it doesn’t work at all. I was thinking it was because of the firmware and the chance it had not enable by default

> I was thinking it was
> because of the firmware and the chance it had not
> enable by default

Yes, it does not hurt to do that. But the chance is quite slim that was the reason. When the BootROM starts, u-boot is not running yet. The first few lines on console are from BootROM.

Quote

BootROM - 1.73
Booting from NAND flash

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2022 05:52PM by bodhi.

As expected, flashing the latest stock firmware didn’t fix or enable the uart :)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2022 12:21PM by i5Js.

> As expected, flashing the latest stock firmware
> didn’t fix or enable the uart :)

PM the users on that working thread for mtd0 dump. They might not read new posts.

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Hello @gitsab

I had a similar problem, here is the fix :)

https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,133867

I just ran across this forum while attempting to follow the instructions at https://github.com/gisab/WDMC-Ex2. My problem, which I posted an issue for on the same site, is I can't install from USB. My issue is that u-boot needs to be at least version 2012.10 or later. My Ex2 has version 2011.12. I see WD has released a number of firmware updates, which I have never installed. The release notes for the firmware updates make no mention of an upgraded version of u-boot. So, 2 questions:

1) any idea if the latest firmware has an updated version of u-boot?
2) any idea of how to install the firmware update since I can't get to the admin pages anymore?

Thanks for your help! It will be nice to get this old box back up and running!