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Re: GoFlex Home - IDE Reset powers off device - 3 years ago
Are you sure it's powering off? Or does it just hang at that point? Do you have another SATA drive you can try? Is the drive accessible on another machine? Rayby rayknight - uBoot
Re: Zyxel NAS326 - Opinions on performance - 3 years ago
habibie, Here's the link to Zyxel NSA326. Picked mine up today, just need to determine which existing NAS will sacrifice its drives for the new one! Rayby rayknight - Debian
Re: Zyxel NAS326 - Opinions on performance - 3 years ago
My local Fry's Electronics. Total of 86.19 with tax! Rayby rayknight - Debian
Zyxel NAS326 - Opinions on performance - 3 years ago
A local retailer is clearing out some Zyxel NAS326 units for $79.99. Could anyone who has this device comment on performance compared to the Zyxel NSA320? If performance is substantially better than the older NSA320 $80 would be worth the upgrade cost to me. Rayby rayknight - Debian
Re: Another Marvell device with preliminary linux support - 3 years ago
Got the L-50 unit today and the mPCIe is not populated, so the L-50W or L-50WD are more practical. Rayby rayknight - Debian
Another Marvell device with preliminary linux support - 3 years ago
A patch was recently submitted to the OpenWrt project adding support for another Marvell device (Check Point L-50W). I was able to acquire a NOS device from ebay for $35 plus shipping. Specs are as follows: CPU: Marvell Kirkwood 88F6281 @ 1.2GHz RAM: 512MB Flash: 512MB NAND USB: 2x USB 2.0 SD Card Slot ExpressCard/34 slot LAN: 9 Gigabit Ports (2x Marvell 88E6171) WAN: 1 Gbe (Marvellby rayknight - Debian
Re: NSA310 original u-boot request - 3 years ago
There are multiple versions of the NSA310, so it would be helpful if you describe the device you have. Can you identify which processor it contains? Also can you identify the Ethernet chip? This would help identify exactly which NSA310 you have and which u-boot version is required.by rayknight - uBoot
Re: problem with uboot on NSA325v2 - 3 years ago
You are missing the rootfs volume label on the drive. Take the disk to another Linux system and plug it in and then run: lsblk -f This should help you to identify which device is the disk you just plugged in. You then need to run the following command based on what your disk was identified as. My example assumes it was identified as sdb and your file system is the first partition sdb1.by rayknight - Debian
Re: Unable to use LABEL for root fs on D-Link DNS-320 B1 - 3 years ago
Just an FYI that OpenWrt is now pointing all WikiDevi URL tags in their TechData to links at Wireless CAT WikiDevi Rayby rayknight - Debian
Re: Unable to use LABEL for root fs on D-Link DNS-320 B1 - 3 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Ray, > > Is there a new wikidevi? I know you were very > active in adding devices (BTW, thanks for all your > contributions there, much appreciated). This is > one of those times we need that site badly :) I have now begun contributing to Wireless CAT WikiDevi which started with a dump of the databy rayknight - Debian
Re: Unable to use LABEL for root fs on D-Link DNS-320 B1 - 3 years ago
Have you tried running pwmconfig to see if it detects PWM controls and is able to control the fan? Rayby rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi guys, > > Could you post the stock kernel config file for > your Mirabox V9? The Debian reset problem Ray is > seeing could either be GPIO-related, but it could > also be config RESET driver related. > > In your Mirabox stock rootfs, see if it is on > /boot. Or find it in proc: /proc/cby rayknight - Debian
Re: Mirabox (Armada 370) Installation - 3 years ago
This entry should probably mention that this firmware image will not work on newer versions of the Mirabox that have U-Boot on a 2MB SPI NOR chip and the OS on a 4GB eMMC on the USB bus. The unit I have also uses Realtek USB wifi instead of the Marvell on earlier units. The earlier units are powered by 5V and this later version uses 12V power. It would be nice to get a working DTS file for theby rayknight - Debian
Re: Bargain 1G Rock64 - 3 years ago
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rayknight Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks a lot Ray! Life is tricky for me right now > but if it works out I'll maybe use it for audio > plugins over LAN. > > Hey, just one more for now, is this ARM > supported? > (Reaperby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Bargain 1G Rock64 - 3 years ago
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rayknight Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > I purchased a few of these > eMMC > devices that range from $12 for 8GB to $39 for > 64GB. > > > I don't know much about eMMC. However, looks like > AliExpress is > having a 11.11 sales today witby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Bargain 1G Rock64 - 3 years ago
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe I can chime in a couple questions if no one > minds... > > 1. A USB 3.0 port is mighty enticing. I wonder, if > you plugged in a USB 3.0 hub (which probably costs > more than the board!) if the OS "hard drive" could > be one of the ports off the hub? > In theory Iby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Bargain 1G Rock64 - 3 years ago
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > daviddyer Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes. Hat means the display socket (with wires > connected to the 1602 i2c lcd display)? > > > > The Price match might not work. It was not sold > by amazon itself, but by third party. > > > OK. Uby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Advice for cheap pay-as-you-go cellphone internet? - 3 years ago
4G GSM Hot spots can be purchased for ~$50 and up, no cell phone needed. You would then need to purchase a data SIM card. I have seen Amazon listing for Pay As You Go SIM Cards for $10, don't know how much time that gives however. Example HotSpot Example SIM Cardby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ray, > > 1. Have you tried rebooting the box from inside > stock OS? the log of that might show some > interesting info. > I assume you mean the log of the box after issuing the reboot command. root@mirabox-debian:~# reboot The system is going down for reboot NOW!an (ttyS0) (Wed Oct 23 04:by rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
Latest result: BootROM 1.08 Booting from SPI flash DDR3 Training Sequence - Ver 4.4.0 DDR3 Training Sequence - Ended Successfully Status = MV_OK BootROM: Image checksum verification PASSED __ __ _ _ | \/ | __ _ _ ____ _____| | | | |\/| |/ _` | '__\ \ / / _ \ | | | | | | (_| | | \ V / __/ | | |_| |_|\__,_|_| \_/ \___|_|_| _ _by rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
Some improvement as now it appears to initialize SATA and SPI flash, but still reboots! Looks like there may be a conflict between the SPI flash and gpio_leds. [ 2.682561] armada-370-pinctrl d0018000.pin-ctrl: pin PIN63 already requested by d0010600.spi; cannot claim for soc:internal-regs:gpio_leds [ 2.710181] armada-370-pinctrl d0018000.pin-ctrl: pin-63 (soc:internal-regs:gpio_leds)by rayknight - Debian
Bargain 1G Rock64 - 3 years ago
Anyone wanting a bargain price on a Pine64 1GB Rock64 the Amazon listing for Recon Sentinel RECON1 is currently selling for $11.99. This contains the Rock64 with a 16GM SanDisk Ultra microSD card in a plastic case and LCD as can be seen in the listing. It also has a 5V 3A power supply and a 1 ft. Cat 5E cable! Rayby rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ray, > > I've updated the DTB and DTS files in the > post > above. The following is the result using the new dtb file: BootROM 1.08 Booting from SPI flash DDR3 Training Sequence - Ver 4.4.0 DDR3 Training Sequence - Ended Successfully Status = MV_OK BootROM: Image checksum verificationby rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And also get from stock OS: > > > cat /proc/mtd > cat /etc/fw_env.config > fw_printenv > Debian GNU/Linux 7 mirabox-debian ttyS0 mirabox-debian login: root Password: Last login: Sun Oct 20 04:58:59 UTC 2019 on ttyS0 Linux mirabox-debian 3.2.36 #2 Wed May 20 01:49:03 EDT 2015 armv7lby rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
Quotebodhi Power up the V9, interrupt serial console and run map And post the log here. Marvell>> map CPU Interface ------------- SDRAM_CS0 ....base 00000000, size 512MB SDRAM_CS1 ....base 20000000, size 512MB SDRAM_CS2 ....disable SDRAM_CS3 ....disable DEVICE_CS0 ....no such DEVICE_CS1 ....no such DEVICE_CS2 ....no such DEVICE_CS3 ....no such PEX0_MEM ....base b00by rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
Please see previous post for context. I was able to create a MicroSD card and boot Linux 4.20.6 on the V5 unit using bodhi's instructions. However because the MicroSD card on the V9 unit uses mmc the instructions needed to be modified, so I decided to try to use the mSATA instead. I copied the successfull install for the V5 unit MicroSD to an mSTATA drive and installed it into the V9 uby rayknight - Debian
Re: Debian on Mirabox (Armada 370) - 3 years ago
So I finally got around to trying to get a current Debian on the 2 Miraboxes that I have. I have two very different versions. The 1st unit I have had for a couple of years and it is very different from one that I acquired recently. The recent unit appears to be similar to what was used to create the dts file and the instructions bodhi created for getting a current version of Debian installed.by rayknight - Debian
Re: Help with Lenovo NAS Iomega IX4-300d and PX4-400d - 3 years ago
Have you tried the Lenovo links? Installing and Configuring your ix4-300d NAS Installing and Configuring your px4-300d NAS Rayby rayknight - uBoot
Re: Uninterruptible power supplies for smaller devices? - 3 years ago
Why buy a used UPS when bargains like the following are available for a new one where you won't have to worry about the condition of the batteries: https://www.microcenter.com/product/319826/cyberpower-systems-standby-series-550va-ups-with-greenpower-upstm,-and-rj11-protection. I just purchased 2 of these.by rayknight - Off-Topic
Re: Dell Appliance - 3 years ago
Not likely a good idea as the stock OS is Linux 2.6.31 which is absolutely ancient and likely contains many known exploits. Rayby rayknight - Debian