This is poking a fairly ancient thread I guess.
But yes, for those of you who have the relatively straightforward goal of getting a working, modern debian install bootable via USB on your GoFlex Home (this is my model, at least), and you have alredy installed the uBoot bootloader, Davygravy is indeed your hero and you should try his debian rootfs image as mentioned in the above link. It worked very well for me, thank you very much folks.
timnavarro Wrote:
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> Some background about me so you know what you're
> dealing with:
>
> Been running Linux for about a year, about 3 or 4
> months ago I ditched my windows and hackintosh
> partitions because Linux was all I was using any
> more. So, I'm not a Linux noob, but I definitely
> have a lot to learn. I am a complete noob at
> device hacking, though. I researched for about 2
> or 3 days before I attempted this, and I thought I
> understood it well enough. In the days after I
> screwed up my device, I realize more and more that
> I didn't know nearly enough to attempt this. So,
> here I am, ready to listen and learn.
>
> So, here's my situation:
>
> Late at night I was installing uboot/debian (for
> the first time, from stock), and I screwed
> something up. I think the problem might have been
> not setting an arc #, but I don't even know how to
> check if that's what happened. I thought I was
> bricked and ordered a serial cable. I then
> started doing some research and I found this file:
>
> RescueV2.8.2_USB_Bootable_rootfs_with_imgfiles-102
> 92012.tar I extracted it onto a sd card, put it
> in a reader, and attached it to the goflex. To my
> utter surprise and amazement, it booted! I have
> ssh access and it's got an i.p. and present on the
> network. I'm scared to do anything else without
> some advice, though.
>
> Here's what I'd like to happen:
> I'd like to get a Debian install on a usb stick,
> allowing me to attach any sata drive to the sata
> ports (here's a handy cable that I have that will
> allow me to attach any drive w/o having to have it
> in the enclosure seagate provides:
>
http://dx.com/p/sata-15-7-pin-male-to-female-data-
> power-cable-1m-length-51808 ) My dilemma is that
> I'm currently booting off of usb, so how would I
> install to another usb?
>
> I thought of trying a usb hub I have so I could
> connect multiple usb devices, but I don't want to
> try anything until I've heard from the experts
> here. I also thought maybe I'd try to install the
> rescue system to the nand, but when going through
> the procedure to do that, I noticed you have to
> boot into something other than recovery to install
> recovery to nand.
>
> I'm not even logging in to ssh again until I know
> what to do. I haven't even turned it off since it
> booted into the rescue system (about 5am; it's now
> 3pm.), because I'm afraid it won't boot again.
>
> Thanks for reading, and thanks for any help or
> advice you can give.
>
> --Tim
>
> Ok, I lied. I sshed in and got a dmesg to help
> with diagnosis. In the middle were like 2000
> lines of bad eraseblock messages. I've edited out
> all but the first and last ones, with an
> annotation where it was clipped. If you need the
> individual messages let me know, I have them.
>
> rescue:~# dmesg
>
> [ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0
>
> [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
>
> [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
>
> [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.3.2-kirkwide
> (davygravy@bitbaker64) (gcc version 4.3.5
> (Buildroot 2010.08) ) #1 Mon Oct 29 17:52:07 CDT
> 2012
>
> [ 0.000000] CPU: Feroceon 88FR131 [56251311]
> revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=00053977
>
> [ 0.000000] CPU: VIVT data cache, VIVT
> instruction cache
>
> [ 0.000000] Machine: Marvell SheevaPlug
> Reference Board
>
> [ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data
> cache writeback
>
> [ 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 32768
>
> [ 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat
> c0730944, node_mem_map c07a5000
>
> [ 0.000000] Normal zone: 256 pages used for
> memmap
>
> [ 0.000000] Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
>
> [ 0.000000] Normal zone: 32512 pages, LIFO
> batch:7
>
> [ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768
> alloc=1*32768
>
> [ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
>
> [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order,
> mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512
>
> [ 0.000000] Kernel command line:
> console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=10
> rootfstype=ext2
> mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(root
> fs),-(data)
>
> [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order:
> -1, 2048 bytes)
>
> [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries:
> 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
>
> [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries:
> 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
>
> [ 0.000000] Memory: 128MB = 128MB total
>
> [ 0.000000] Memory: 122080k/122080k available,
> 8992k reserved, 0K highmem
>
> [ 0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
>
> [ 0.000000] vector : 0xffff0000 -
> 0xffff1000 ( 4 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] fixmap : 0xfff00000 -
> 0xfffe0000 ( 896 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0xc8800000 -
> 0xff000000 ( 872 MB)
>
> [ 0.000000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 -
> 0xc8000000 ( 128 MB)
>
> [ 0.000000] modules : 0xbf000000 -
> 0xc0000000 ( 16 MB)
>
> [ 0.000000] .text : 0xc0008000 -
> 0xc06c06c8 (6882 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] .init : 0xc06c1000 -
> 0xc06eb000 ( 168 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] .data : 0xc06ec000 -
> 0xc0734c38 ( 292 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] .bss : 0xc0734c5c -
> 0xc07a4294 ( 446 kB)
>
> [ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32,
> Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
>
> [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:114
>
> [ 0.000000] gpiochip_add: registered GPIOs 0 to
> 31 on device: orion_gpio0
>
> [ 0.000000] gpiochip_add: registered GPIOs 32
> to 49 on device: orion_gpio1
>
> [ 0.000000] sched_clock: 32 bits at 200MHz,
> resolution 5ns, wraps every 21474ms
>
> [ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
>
> [ 3.210471] Calibrating delay loop... 1191.11
> BogoMIPS (lpj=5955584)
>
> [ 3.300397] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum:
> 301
>
> [ 3.300526] Security Framework initialized
>
> [ 3.300546] SELinux: Disabled at boot.
>
> [ 3.300608] Mount-cache hash table entries:
> 512
>
> [ 3.300975] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
>
> [ 3.300990] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
>
> [ 3.301001] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
>
> [ 3.301009] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
>
> [ 3.301080] CPU: Testing write buffer
> coherency: ok
>
> [ 3.301357] Setting up static identity map for
> 0x511040 - 0x51107c
>
> [ 3.302365] devtmpfs: initialized
>
> [ 3.304226] NET: Registered protocol family 16
>
> [ 3.304958] Kirkwood: MV88F6281-A1,
> TCLK=200000000.
>
> [ 3.304975] Feroceon L2: Enabling L2
>
> [ 3.305012] Feroceon L2: Cache support
> initialised.
>
> [ 3.305494] initial MPP regs: 01111111 11113322
> 00001111 00100000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>
> [ 3.305517] final MPP regs: 01111111 11113322
> 00001111 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>
> [ 3.309375] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
>
> [ 3.309733] vgaarb: loaded
>
> [ 3.310001] SCSI subsystem initialized
>
> [ 3.310139] libata version 3.00 loaded.
>
> [ 3.310342] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver usbfs
>
> [ 3.310445] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver hub
>
> [ 3.310540] usbcore: registered new device
> driver usb
>
> [ 3.311110] Switching to clocksource
> orion_clocksource
>
> [ 3.336252] NET: Registered protocol family 2
>
> [ 3.336486] IP route cache hash table entries:
> 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
>
> [ 3.337067] TCP established hash table entries:
> 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
>
> [ 3.337167] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096
> (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
>
> [ 3.337221] TCP: Hash tables configured
> (established 4096 bind 4096)
>
> [ 3.337231] TCP reno registered
>
> [ 3.337241] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order:
> 0, 4096 bytes)
>
> [ 3.337263] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256
> (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
>
> [ 3.337492] NET: Registered protocol family 1
>
> [ 3.337806] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket
> transport module.
>
> [ 3.337818] RPC: Registered udp transport
> module.
>
> [ 3.337825] RPC: Registered tcp transport
> module.
>
> [ 3.337833] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1
> backchannel transport module.
>
> [ 3.337847] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32
>
> [ 3.337899] NetWinder Floating Point Emulator
> V0.97 (double precision)
>
> [ 3.338444] audit: initializing netlink socket
> (disabled)
>
> [ 3.338480] type=2000 audit(0.120:1):
> initialized
>
> [ 3.347031] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
>
> [ 3.347261] Dquot-cache hash table entries:
> 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
>
> [ 3.349928] Installing knfsd (copyright (C)
> 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
>
> [ 3.351046] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)
> © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
>
> [ 3.351622] fuse init (API version 7.18)
>
> [ 3.352090] SGI XFS with security attributes,
> large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
>
> [ 3.353473] msgmni has been set to 238
>
> [ 3.354756] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg)
> driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
>
> [ 3.354770] io scheduler noop registered
>
> [ 3.354777] io scheduler deadline registered
>
> [ 3.354813] io scheduler cfq registered
> (default)
>
> [ 3.354871] mv_xor_shared mv_xor_shared.0:
> Marvell shared XOR driver
>
> [ 3.354907] mv_xor_shared mv_xor_shared.1:
> Marvell shared XOR driver
>
> [ 3.391213] mv_xor mv_xor.0: Marvell XOR: ( xor
> cpy )
>
> [ 3.431190] mv_xor mv_xor.1: Marvell XOR: ( xor
> fill cpy )
>
> [ 3.471182] mv_xor mv_xor.2: Marvell XOR: ( xor
> cpy )
>
> [ 3.511181] mv_xor mv_xor.3: Marvell XOR: ( xor
> fill cpy )
>
> [ 3.511522] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 ports,
> IRQ sharing disabled
>
> [ 3.532049] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO
> 0xf1012000 (irq = 33) is a 16550A
>
> [ 4.026248] console [ttyS0] enabled
>
> [ 4.030874] NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0x98,
> Chip ID: 0xda (Toshiba NAND 256MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
>
> [ 4.039557] Scanning device for bad blocks
>
> [ 4.043729] Bad eraseblock 0 at 0x000000000000
>
> [ 4.048228] Bad eraseblock 1 at 0x000000020000
>
>
>
>
>
>
Etc... until:
>
>
>
>
> 13.701556] Bad eraseblock 2047 at 0x00000ffe0000
>
> [ 13.706314] 4 cmdlinepart partitions found on
> MTD device orion_nand
>
> [ 13.712624] Creating 4 MTD partitions on
> "orion_nand":
>
> [ 13.717788] 0x000000000000-0x000000100000 :
> "u-boot"
>
> [ 13.723677] 0x000000100000-0x000000500000 :
> "uImage"
>
> [ 13.729473] 0x000000500000-0x000002500000 :
> "rootfs"
>
> [ 13.735229] 0x000002500000-0x000010000000 :
> "data"
>
> [ 13.741281] mv643xx_eth: MV-643xx 10/100/1000
> ethernet driver version 1.4
>
> [ 13.748181] mv643xx_eth smi: probed
>
> [ 13.753796] mv643xx_eth_port
> mv643xx_eth_port.0: eth0: port 0 with MAC address
> 02:50:43:5a:28:ca
>
> [ 13.762687] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host
> Controller (EHCI) Driver
>
> [ 13.769298] orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: Marvell
> Orion EHCI
>
> [ 13.774636] orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: new USB
> bus registered, assigned bus number 1
>
> [ 13.811169] orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: irq 19, io
> mem 0xf1050000
>
> [ 13.831150] orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: USB 2.0
> started, EHCI 1.00
>
> [ 13.837165] usb usb1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
>
> [ 13.844003] usb usb1: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
>
> [ 13.851269] usb usb1: Product: Marvell Orion
> EHCI
>
> [ 13.855994] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux
> 3.3.2-kirkwide ehci_hcd
>
> [ 13.862125] usb usb1: SerialNumber:
> orion-ehci.0
>
> [ 13.867214] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
>
> [ 13.870994] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
>
> [ 13.875237] Initializing USB Mass Storage
> driver...
>
> [ 13.880234] usbcore: registered new interface
> driver usb-storage
>
> [ 13.886284] USB Mass Storage support
> registered.
>
> [ 13.891184] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common
> for all mice
>
> [ 13.896834] i2c /dev entries driver
>
> [ 13.900804] device-mapper: uevent: version
> 1.0.3
>
> [ 13.905787] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.22.0-ioctl
> (2011-10-19) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
>
> [ 13.914354] cpuidle: using governor ladder
>
> [ 13.918541] cpuidle: using governor menu
>
> [ 13.922619] Registered led device:
> plug:red:misc
>
> [ 13.922704] Registered led device:
> plug:green:health
>
> [ 13.923728] TCP cubic registered
>
> [ 13.926976] NET: Registered protocol family 17
>
> [ 13.931499] Registering the dns_resolver key
> type
>
> [ 13.936254] Gating clock of unused units
>
> [ 13.936262] before: 0x00dfc3fd
>
> [ 13.936270] after: 0x00c701d9
>
> [ 13.936647] registered taskstats version 1
>
> [ 13.941458] console [netcon0] enabled
>
> [ 13.945137] netconsole: network logging
> started
>
> [ 13.949682] drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to
> open rtc device (rtc0)
>
> [ 13.956049] Initializing network drop monitor
> service
>
> [ 13.961332] Waiting 10sec before mounting root
> device...
>
> [ 14.191156] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device
> number 2 using orion-ehci
>
> [ 14.355054] usb 1-1: New USB device found,
> idVendor=0781, idProduct=9919
>
> [ 14.361806] usb 1-1: New USB device strings:
> Mfr=3, Product=4, SerialNumber=5
>
> [ 14.368974] usb 1-1: Product: ImageMate 5 in 1
> Reader/Writer
>
> [ 14.374675] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: SanDisk
>
> [ 14.378880] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0301819229
>
> [ 14.384373] scsi0 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
>
> [ 15.382649] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access
> Generic STORAGE DEVICE 9347 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>
> [ 16.196463] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 31715328 512-byte
> logical blocks: (16.2 GB/15.1 GiB)
>
> [ 16.205074] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is
> off
>
> [ 16.209891] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 03 00
> 00 00
>
> [ 16.210950] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode
> page present
>
> [ 16.216479] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
>
> [ 16.226450] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode
> page present
>
> [ 16.231975] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
>
> [ 16.240208] sda: sda1 sda2
>
> [ 16.246576] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode
> page present
>
> [ 16.252103] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive
> cache: write through
>
> [ 16.258225] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI
> removable disk
>
> [ 23.971273] md: Waiting for all devices to be
> available before autodetect
>
> [ 23.978091] md: If you don't use raid, use
> raid=noautodetect
>
> [ 23.984309] md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
>
> [ 23.988425] md: Scanned 0 and added 0 devices.
>
> [ 23.992906] md: autorun ...
>
> [ 23.995703] md: ... autorun DONE.
>
> [ 24.003218] EXT2-fs (sda1): warning: mounting
> unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
>
> [ 24.129362] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> on device 8:1.
>
> [ 24.250232] devtmpfs: mounted
>
> [ 24.253754] Freeing init memory: 168K
>
> [ 26.550250] udevd (74): /proc/74/oom_adj is
> deprecated, please use /proc/74/oom_score_adj
> instead.
>
> [ 28.380474] mv643xx_eth_port
> mv643xx_eth_port.0: eth0: link up, 100 Mb/s, full
> duplex, flow control disabled
>
> rescue:~#