So... recreating the USB drive as root, rather than using a sudo launched terminal did the trick! I also managed to update to a later uboot and boot from SATA rather than needing a USB stick plugged in all the time. now set up serving files via DLNA (mediatomb) and some Samba shares to play nice with windows :) Thanks again for your help! Markby markb - uBoot
I'll re-do the USB drive logged in as Root and report back. Stuff for the serial connection is arriving this weekend. Thanks again, Markby markb - uBoot
I ran the terminal as root (sudo gnome-terminal) and ran the tar commands from there. Gparted i just ran as normal, It completes successfully so i assumed that didnt need to run as root? Really appreciate you helping me!! Markby markb - uBoot
So.. creating the USB stick: Using Ubuntu 14.04 using gparted, remove all previous partitions, create a new single ext3 partition with label rootfs once complete, boot flag enabled (tried this with\without the flag, same thing) mounted the ext partition as /meda/ubuntu/rootfs extracted the content of Debian-3.16.0-kirkwood-tld-2-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 with the command: tar -xjf Debian-3.1by markb - uBoot
Without a USB stick with rootfs, it goes to orange, with the usb, it flashes green for a little while longer, then the LED goes offby markb - uBoot
ok so ive created the USB stick with Debian-3.16.0-kirkwood-tld-2 rootfs. tried with ext2 and ext3, both with the same result: device powers up and flashes green for around 20 seconds, eventually the LED goes blank and nothing else happens....by markb - uBoot
bodhi, Should i be using the Kernel 3.16.0-kirkwood-tld-3 package or tld-2? Im at work for the next 7 hours but i'll give this a shot tonight. Thankyou for your help with this! :) Markby markb - uBoot
Bodhi, I was under the impression that despite "upgrading" the uboot, it would still boot from the stock OS from the NAND on reboot? Or is that not the case? I did build a rootfs USB to attempt to boot from using these instructions: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,12096 but after it refused to boot, i formatted to FAT32 to attempt to put back to stock, which also didnt work...by markb - uBoot
Hi bodhi, I didnt get very far in terms of the procedure so it should be pretty obvious what ive done wrong! I followed the intructions here to flash the new uboot: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,13630 so after SSHing in as root to the device : cd /tmp wget http://projects.doozan.com/uboot/install_uboot_mtd0.sh chmod +x install_uboot_mtd0.sh ./install_uboot_mtd0.sh rebooted deviby markb - uBoot
Hi Guys, Hoping someone can help point me in the right direction... Recenty tried to flash a new uboot to a GoFlex home device and since then it will not boot. On power up the green light flashes for a couple of seconds, but then a constant orange. Ive followed the instructions here: http://support.goflexhome.hipserv.com/en/reflash/index.html to put the device back to factory settingby markb - uBoot