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Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - Today
Hi Richard, > None of those are in stock if by stock you meant > Synology DSM ? u-boot-tools was in your previous > rootfs but not mtd-utils. I think it is OK. I did mean Synology DSM. But all I need to do is to make sure mtd-utils is installed in the new rootfs. > > The other thing I was thinking about in my last > post was a decent partitioning tool for gpt disksby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox -- Installation - 2 days ago
daviddyer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Any instructions to install openwrt as rescue > system? There is a Mirabox sysupgrade file for OpenWrt: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/mvebu/generic/lede-17.01.4-mvebu-globalscale-mirabox-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin But I have not tried that.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox -- Installation - 2 days ago
Mirabox Fix, I gave up on rootfs-debian6.0-gti-mirabox-v5-0-1-120924.img. This apparently has problem. Not worth using. Note about what I said before QuoteStock bootloader (2009.08 Marvell) limits the kernel uImage size to 4 MB, and it also uses a non-standard address for the device, so it needs to be configured using a few old settings in the kernel for debugging with UART. This has somby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 2 days ago
Richard, > Env's worked fine and the box is now effectively > "stock" Cool! > I have 4 x 2TB drives with the latest DSM-6.2.2 > installed all ready for mid August when we both > get back from our respective holidays. I am > completely at your disposal for how you want to > configure things but as a rack server I suspect > most users would wantby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 3 days ago
Richard, QuoteThe only bit I need to work out now is how to restore the original envs so it will autoboot synology (any tips gratefully received) To boot directly to stock Synology and ignore the Debian rootfs on USB or HDD. If that's what you want? Power up, interrupt serial console and setenv bootcmd 'mw 0xf10a2620 0x251;mw 0xf10a2e20 0x251;usb xhciinit; run bootspi'by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 4 days ago
Good works Richard :) Many shiraz = win !!! :)) Will be back tomorrow to look at restoring stock envs.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 4 days ago
Richard, Debian Buster release is slated for July 6th: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-10.0-Buster-Release-Date Shall we meet again to work on the RS816 instruction about mid August? July 6th is very close to my bi-annual sabatical.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 5 days ago
Johnei, Take the USB rootfs to another Linux and check/fix file systems error. Assuming it is detected /dev/sdb1 e2fsck /dev/sdb1 Answer yes to fix any errors, and then sync sync Unmount the USB drive. And boot the WD Ex4100 with the USB again. Log into Debian mount And proceed to do apt-get upgradeby bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 6 days ago
Johnei, Regarding the network problem. Only port 2 works right now: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,34103,35436#msg-35436 Quoteport 2 works out of the box as eth0 So try kwboot with the cable plugged in port 2.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 6 days ago
It did not save the envs. Looks like the stock u-boot have overwritten (restore to default) whatever you have saved. And ethernet was not up in the kwboot booting to Debian.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 6 days ago
Johnei, I saw that you've post the log above. Looks good! Let's try this. 1. kwboot again. Enter the envs like you did: QuoteMarvell>> setenv set_bootargs_stock 'setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0,115200' Marvell>> setenv bootcmd_stock 'echo Booting from stock ... ; run set_bootargs_stock; printenv bootargs; nand read.e 0xa00000 0x500000by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 6 days ago
I recall now that sachadd and did not continue to work on the mtd definition and/or flash type. So currently we cannot flash u-boot or save envs in Debian. However, since you have already kwboot successfully at will. It is quite safe to flash my build (tld-6) image to NAND at u-boot prompt. Kwboot again, - enter new envs like you did before. - get the listing of the envs mtdpartsby bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 6 days ago
johnei, At the moment, you can't do that yet. For now booting with kwboot and run the envs to boot Debian.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 7 days ago
Please post the log as I mentioned before.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 7 days ago
Johnei, I don't remember much about this box. So I had to skim through the working thread! But I do recall that I have built new stock u-boot for it. Found sachadd post: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,34103,35252#msg-35252 The reason I built new stock u-boot because stock u-boot actually stopped the USB drive before the kernel start booting. So that would explain why the USby bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 8 days ago
Johnei` Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > yea I should try a different stick the one I used > is 2.0 but its more of a microsd adapter to > usb2.0, Ill see if I can get a hold of another > drive. SD adapter is not a good choice during tests.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 8 days ago
jdwl101 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plug your USB drive into a usb2 port and try > again. > > The kernel log doesn’t show the drive being > assigned an sd id. J, This box does not have USB 2.0 port. Thus, it is picky about what type of drive you use for USB. And I don't recall exactly if saschadd has to use which port in tby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 8 days ago
Richard, > I think your advise is sound as usual and if I > were running a mainline Linux OS where a couple of > apt-get's would see me up and running I would > probably go that route but compiling / installing > everything required to run a Ubuntu KVM is to add > more packages to my own system than I want to and > generally would mess with my zen. I see.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 8 days ago
Johnei, This problem is not rootfs lable. Also you have confirmed that you labeled the USB partition correctly. This usually is because of the USB drive and the port that you plug it into. QuoteI formatted a USB 2.0 stick and gave it an ext3 file system and labeled the stick rootfs used Debian-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 and extracted all the folders and files to the rby bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 8 days ago
Johnei, As always, you should post the entire serial boot log so I can see the whole picture before the error occurs. Not enoug info when you post a snippet of log.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 8 days ago
Richard, > I suspect I am in the minority but I prefer not to > cross compile if I can avoid it. Nope. You are not in the minority. I always compile natively using a plug farm and distcc. The only kernel I cross compile is this MVEBU kernel (so to be able to compile both Kirkwood and MVEBU kernels at the same time). > I did setup a > native armhf qemu a while back but it waby bodhi - Debian
Re: NSA310 not booting after flashing 2017.07 U-Boot Kirkwood - 9 days ago
It turned out that TSO does not make much difference. It does not gain much performance that is sigificant enouhg to change the kernel to default to TSO on.by bodhi - uBoot
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 9 days ago
Richard, > The top level script uses git to download updates > to all of the components for the firmware build > and then checks to see if you have the appropriate > development files installed, missing items are > ignored till the end of the checks before exiting > as I don't have them installed. Because I'm > building on an in-production server I don'by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 9 days ago
Johnei` Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am assuming I need to make uimage with DTS > embedded now to get it to work Correct! we are not booting with separate DTB in the envs above.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 9 days ago
Johnei, > Not having any luck can you confirm that I can use > a usb 3.0 stick for this? That has not even come in to play yet. You have not entered the envs correctly to boot Debian on USB. Also read sachadd posts to see which USB type, and which USB port you should plug it into. ======= Power up, interrupt serial console and copy and paste each of the following commands toby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian on Iomega ix4-200d - 9 days ago
betacamsp, See this post: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,22623,34043#msg-34043 Quote- follow damacc posts to adjust u-boot envs in serial console to boot into Debian.by bodhi - Debian
Re: WDmycloudex4100 instructions - 9 days ago
Marvell>> setenv set_bootargs_stock 'setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0,115200' Marvell>> setenv bootcmd_stock 'echo Booting from stock ... ; run set_bootargs_stock; printenv bootargs; nand read.e 0xa00000 0x500000 0x500000;nand read.e 0xf00000 0xa00000 0x500000;bootm 0xa00000 0xf00000' Marvell>> setenv bootdev 'usb' Marvell>> seby bodhi - Debian
Re: NSA310 not booting after flashing 2017.07 U-Boot Kirkwood - 9 days ago
anders, I think something is not right in your box. Or perhaps it is the NSA310 Realtek chip performance. Even with TSO off I got result that is about the same as your TSO on. These 2 boxes are NSA325 and GoFlex Net. root@HomeBackup:~# iperf -n2000M -i 3 -c homembp.local ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to homembp.local, TCP port 5001by bodhi - uBoot
Re: Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385) - 9 days ago
Richard, > There are a number of patches relating to u-boot > which are held outside of the u-boot tarballs, I > have not spent much time with it yet but first > impression is that you are meant build the entire > router firmware from the root directory. I Usually their top level script also sets up the build environment. So you might need to run their script to make everby bodhi - Debian