Are you also on a Go Flex Home? If so, or if you are running a similar device, it's possible that you'll need one of the packages listed here as well: https://github.com/archlinuxarm/u-boot/wikiby jcconnell - Rescue System
pacman -Syu uboot-toolsby jcconnell - Rescue System
@balanga, I believe you need to install the uboot-tools package: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/uboot-tools/by jcconnell - Rescue System
Well I'm having some issues. I've attempted to install both Arch and Debian onto a thumbdrive without success. I'm having trouble using bsdtar to unpack Arch. Debian unpacks without an issue, but it doesn't boot after a restart. The LED goes orange and stays that way. I also have an older laptop HDD attached to the dock, but the device isn't recognizing it. I'm nby jcconnell - Rescue System
Thank you Bodhi! This is great information. Here is the output of fw_printenv: (rescue)# fw_printenv baudrate=115200 bootdelay=3 bootm=echo Booting from ${disk} ...; run setargs; bootm ${loadaddr}; bootz=echo Booting from ${disk} ...; run setargs; bootz ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}; console=ttyS0 ethact=egiga0 fdt_addr=0x800000 fdt_file=/boot/dtbs/kirkwood-goflexnet.dtb importbootenv=by jcconnell - Rescue System
Thank you bodhi. I was wondering why I wasn't able to find any references to Arch on these forums. It looks like your uboot and rescue system are more actively maintained and more recently updated. I'm also more familiar with Debian. I think I'd still prefer to have your rescue environment and Debian on my machine. What steps should I follow and in what order? I sincerely appreby jcconnell - Rescue System
I recently pulled my GoFlex Home out of the closet to start working with it again. It's running an installation of the rescue provided on these forums, but I installed it so long ago that I can't recall the details. I'd like to update it to the most recent version of the rescue and then install Debian/Arch onto a thumbdrive. I know that the details are important, so I'm tryby jcconnell - Rescue System