alright. thanks! i had tried Jeff's commands too y'day. they worked only once, and the one time they worked (ie, when i was able to successfully interrupt the boot-process), i was asked to download and install 'ide' by Ubuntu. after i did that, the commands worked no more. will re-try today, and then move forward from there only. UPDATE: ok. so i tried this time with the foby InfoScav - Debian
i overlooked the fact that the uboot am presently using is for the goflex net! thanks for reminding that! it makes sense that perhaps may be that's why the HDD is not showing up. don't know. i tried interrupting the boot-process when it gives the prompt 'hit any key to stop autoboot', but it doesn't have any effect! the countdown just goes on, and the boot-process moveby InfoScav - Debian
* debian is not booting up even if only the boot flash-drive is connected to the USB-hub. here's the netconsole output of that: root@ohtiam-virtual-machine:~# nc.traditional -lup 6666 192.168.1.50 6666 U-Boot 2011.12 (Apr 18 2012 - 23:08:20) Seagate GoFlexNet arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 4.4.1 GNU ld (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 2.19.51.20090709 Hit aby InfoScav - Debian
UPDATE: attaching the boot flash-drive to the USB-hub not working. the hub is anyway a non-powered one. can't fathom why attaching the HDD to the SATA port is not working.by InfoScav - Debian
hurrah! done! thanks bodhi! your reply set me thinking again. in one of my earlier posts (where i had posted the boot-process output), if you see again, the prompt used to display the following message upon typing the 'nc' cmd: This is nc from the netcat-openbsd package. An alternative nc is available in the netcat-traditional package. now i thought to check this netcat-traditby InfoScav - Debian
alright. thanks bodhi! yes, my etc/network/interfaces uses DHCP. what i did now is: - gave static IP leases using my router's DHCP server, to two namesakes for the same MAC addr., ie, for the same MAC addr. of the dock, i gave two IPs as: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --> Debian --> 192.168.1.50 aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff --> GFH --> 192.168.1.60 so now, when i boot the dock, even though iby InfoScav - Debian
yes, you were correct. i must've pressed some key by mistake to have halted the boot process monitoring in NC. however, there're (again) some issues now: PART 01: when i wrote my last post, everything was working fine. after a while, when i had shut down everything, i started my Ubuntu VM first, then powered up the dock; as a result, my router first assigned an IP addr to Uby InfoScav - Debian
thanks bodhi! done! but, i got stuck in the netconsole itself, ie, typing the 'killall nc' command in the ubuntu terminal didn't do anything. LoL. had to physically restart the dock. below is what prompt i got in the command-terminal, after typing the netconsole command: press any key to stop automatic boot: 0 GoFlex Net> is this correct?by InfoScav - Debian
sorry bodhi, i don't quite understand how to apply the instructions on setting up netconsole. i did something, and now the dock has got 2 IP addresses mapped from the router! pls see: - my PC (windows) has an IP address of 192.168.1.2 - the dock has an IP addr. of 192.168.1.50 - the virtual machine running ubuntu on my PC has an IP addr. of 192.168.253.128 1. now first of all, whiby InfoScav - Debian
yes, learning was the main purpose, and by a lot of reading, and trials-and-errors done in the past few days, i can safely say that i did not fall very short of it. :) i will try setting up NC tonight. thanks, again!by InfoScav - Debian
bodhi, you rock! \o/ updates: 1. two days back, i was trying to run Jeff's script, this time, for wheezy, and was re-formatting my test flash-drive in virtual Ubuntu. after re-formatting it, i simply disconnected it from the virtual machine, before actually first ejecting it from Ubuntu, and my PC system crashed with a 'cache manager' error! spent the whole night troubleshooby InfoScav - Debian
phew! am ditching NSA320 image installation. can't get it to boot/log me in. rather, would go ahead with Jeff's method now, and your linux 3.16 kernel and debian wheezy rootfs, one-by-one. the flash-drive that is being used presently (the normal, original drive, set up for my by my friend), is already based on that NSA320 image. so nevermind. will try something different.by InfoScav - Debian
hello there, bodhi! some update(s): 1. after a day's mental gymnastics, was finally able to convert the stable orange light i used to get on attaching the flash-drive having the NSA320 image to GFH, to green now (ie, i figured where i was going wrong in copying the NSA320 image to the flash-drive). i had left at this y'day, so thought of resuming from here only & resolving/takby InfoScav - Debian
indeed! i confirm that uboot shows usb rootfs type as 'ext3' on my GFH. i will try with an ext3 formatted flash-drive now. :)by InfoScav - Debian
alright. thanks a lot! will try. i had tried to use davy's nsa320 image today. however, wasn't able to log in using it (got logged in to the rescue system instead). reading in the section highlighted by you in the above post (ie, 15th April, 2014), perhaps i've found out why it didn't boot up - if your uBoot env for rootfs type is ext2, then use an ext2 USB drive. this isby InfoScav - Debian
Hello Don! thanks for the wonderfully detailed post! i was able to prepare a flash-drive accordingly. however, when i plug it in my goflex home, power it up, and SSH into it, it logs me in to the rescue system instead (using 'root/root'). any idea on what could i be doing wrong?by InfoScav - Debian
thanks bodhi, but i was not able to login to either the newly installed debian, or to the rescue system. finally, re-installed the rescue system, and was thus able to login again (into rescue) using the root/root combo. today/tomorrow i will re-try installing squeeze to the test flash-drive after cleaning and preparing it again, and while finalising the installation, would be careful to not geby InfoScav - Debian
stuck at a point! after changing the default password, i gave the address of the Korean debian mirror to the the 'sources.list' file. the shell seemed to then have gotten stuck in an unending loop. i then closed then. since then, whenever i open the shell, it asks me for the uname/pword, and gives a warning that your password has become obsolete. i change it, but this keeps repeatingby InfoScav - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > InfoScav > > Quote> 2. update the uboot using Jeff's > script. > > After this, it really does not matter whether you > are going to go through with the installation of > Debian on USB or not (2012 U-boot is already > installed). Any new wheezy Kirkwood rootfs with > kernel 3.xby InfoScav - Debian
back to business! before i proceed, i have a doubt. would request any of you to please assist me clear it. had a chat with a friend. he suggested me to: 1. first remove the presently attached pen-drive, reboot the gfh, ssh into it. 2. update the uboot using Jeff's script. 3. then put davugravy's NSA320 debian-image onto a pen-drive, attach it to gfh, and boot from it. 4. thby InfoScav - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > InfoScav, > > > > > as in the tutorial from Jeff, do i need to > follow > > the 'updating uBoot' tutorial too, after > removing > > my presently attached pen-drive, or may i start > > directly with the installation of debian on the > > fresh pen-drive? >by InfoScav - Debian
grayman4hire Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Using a new flash drive would be ideal. Just > extract the debian rootfs on the new usb drive and > replace the existing one. Then go from there. bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > InfoScav, > > With GFHome and just starting to learn modding, > youby InfoScav - Debian
P.S. - or, would it be recommended to attempt what am wanting to do? handling optware and all seemed easy, but am not sure about this. seems a few notches above. learning curve seems definitely higher. in case if its not recommened, then i would like to just know how to install vuze or deluge (preferably, the latter). :) please let me know if you need any (more) info/screenshots (i have puttyby InfoScav - Debian