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Re: Debian cannot boot on KD20 after flashing u-boot - Yesterday
TechGuy, See the Wiki thread QuoteBooting Debian on Pogoplug .... How to boot Pogo V3 from SATA (to unbrick), 2nd How to Post .... That SATA booting tutorial should work for all OXNAS SoC boxes. The 2nd howto is a bit more refined, so use it first.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Promise Apollo Cloud - Armada 385 - Yesterday
ztof, Good works! now you have the DTS and DTB for this box (in a canonical format). So now you can try to boot with that DTB. However, I think it will not work correctly in a modern kernel such as 6.0.x, because of binding differences. Regardless whether you can boot with this stock DTB, the next step is to retrofit the DTS nodes into the WD Ext2100 DTS. And use dtc to compile it.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - Yesterday
i5Js, > Question, just to learn and understand, what it is > worth?? It is a rescue mechanism. If you can kwboot the u-boot image successfully, then the box is almost unbrickable. Even if your NAND is wiped out, you can still boot. Since you have successfully run Debian with tftpboot (you are no longer in a hurry), I thougth it is wise to take time and find out if it works for youby bodhi - Debian
Re: Promise Apollo Cloud - Armada 385 - 2 days ago
ztof, Congrats :) you're alomost there! > root@debian:~# uname -a > Linux debian 5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 #1.0 SMP PREEMPT > Sat Aug 7 14:58:41 PDT 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux > > > Note2: there is a reference about "WD My Cloud > EX2100" in debian console, that's may be because I > made different attempts with different dtb files > and probablyby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 2 days ago
i5Js, OK, then 1. Try kwboot using CyberPK's patched u-boot image. If you hav an ARM box such as rPI, use the kwboot binary here: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,27280 If your serial console in an x86 box such as Ubuntu, then use that distro kwboot command. Example: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,51739,51919#msg-51919 2. Saveenvs. I will write the initial envsby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 3 days ago
i5Js, Congrats! ========= I can't recall if you did the following. 1. Try kwboot the stock u-boot image to see if you can. Did you install the patched stock u-boot. I vagulely remember there is such version from the woking thread Debian on WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra )? 2. Did you try to save the envs in u-boot? I recall there is restriction on bootcmd (it cannot be updated and saveby bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 3 days ago
Martin, > my kernel is self-build 6.0.8 I didn't update the > mkimage command. > I added various modules at some earlier time to > check whether this helps with device support. I see. That's not a good approach in developing or testing. We need to use a baseline (i.e. reference point), so we can eliminate all unkowns. In this case, the baseline is the kernel 6.0.7-mby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 4 days ago
Ah. This kernel does not have supports for MTD. So now back to my kernel and try to boot with USB rootfs or HDD rootfs. Are you using the DTB that I included as part of the release tarball?by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 4 days ago
Post dmesg output.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 4 days ago
Cool! So the single quote was not working correctly with this u-boot. Go ahead and boot into Debian (does not matter which kernel), and cat /proc/cmdline cat /proc/mtdby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 4 days ago
> I do not understand why It can't detect or mount > the usb... I am not sure why either! it could be the DTS difference. With the good boot: root@wdmycloud:~# cat /proc/cmdline console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 $mtdparts earlyprintk=serial See that the mtdparts variable was not expanded. This u-boot is really worse than I thought. So now to expose the mtdparts in Liby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 4 days ago
This old u-boot is quite limited. 1. Change the bootargs to: setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 $mtdparts earlyprintk=serial' And boot. Log into Debian, cat /proc/mtd cat /proc/cmdlineby bodhi - Debian
Re: GTI Mirabox and Netgear RN120 (Armada 370) Installation & Kernel Upgrade (Linux-5.19.2) - 5 days ago
Hi Trond, Excellently done! Thanks for the write up. I'll add eSATA booting to the installation post.by bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 5 days ago
Martin, > First of all: when using stock u-boot with > self-built kernel+initrd ethernet WORKS!!! That's what I expected to see with stock u-boot + the DTS patch! > With your latest patch, which added the regulators > both drives are spinning (I did a ide reset in > u-boot and at that time the SATA2 drive started) > Unfortunately there are still no disks detectby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 5 days ago
i5Js, It is not because of your built kernel. It is because of this stock u-boot lacks of parsing capability. > It has some improvements, and it seems he plays > with the nand creating more partitions, I guess > for stock kernel and Debian. Anyway, apart of > that, this time, it boots successfully, and it > detects the mtd partitions. Yes, usually you would see the Mby bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 6 days ago
Martin, QuoteI have so far failed to boot debian from stock u-boot. Will have to try more tomorrow. Now that's bad :) I thought I've asked to see Debian booting from stock u-boot, not your built u-boot. So what we observed in the last several tests were not what I was looking for or expected.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 6 days ago
i5Js, We'll enable the mtd partitions in Linux so that they are accessible for flashing kernel files. Again, in reference to the successful tftp boot: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,67249,133459#msg-133459 This time change the envs a bit: setenv mtdparts 'mtdparts=pxa3xx_nand-0:5m(u-boot),5m@5m(kernel),5m@10m(uRamdisk),185m@15m(image.cfs),15m@200m(rescue_fw),20m@by bodhi - Debian
Re: Zyxel NAS 325 stuck on uboot 2017 ?? - 6 days ago
zebe, > Are you able to recommend any proven, WORKING > solution to xfce/lxd and vnc link to NSA325 > device? No, I can't recommend any solution, since I set up XFCE/xrdp many years ago just for experiment, and then stopped using it. What we have in the Wiki are also old, so things might have changed with later Debian version.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 6 days ago
i5Js, OK. So that proved the Ext2 driver is not working in this u-boot. Your log was not good. It got cut off on the right side, especially the important part (printenv). Please post the printenv output again and make sure that it's legible on your browser.by bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 6 days ago
Martin, > I tested with stock u-boot: > ide reset found the 7200 disk in sata 2. but not > the 5400 drive in sata 1. > > Then I exchanged the two disks: > it found the 5400 disk in sata 2 but not the 7200 > in sata 1. This means Syno u-boot does not power up the SATA 1 slot. So boot into Debian and verify that same SATA 2 slot is actually working. While you arby bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 7 days ago
i5Js, OK. tftp is just a temporary mode of booting. And you have problem with this u-boot regarding USB Ext2 driver. So the next logical thing to do is to boot from NAND. But before I help you with that, I think we need to try a bit more to see if we can get it to boot entirely from USB. And get some info along the way to see where things are on this box. In reference to the successfulby bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 7 days ago
Martin, > - one disk that failed to spin up on any of the > two sata ports alone in both of the ports. This is really weird. If a specific port works for one 3.5" HDD, it should work for another 3.5" HDD. With stock u-boot, can you see both HDDs? ide resetby bodhi - Debian
Re: Zyxel NAS 325 stuck on uboot 2017 ?? - 7 days ago
zebe, > - root account has to be the only ne on NSA325? No > USER account /and sudo additonally/ needed > eventually ? It is a headless NAS, i.e like a Ubuntu/Mint Linux system without a display. So yes, a normal user account should be created and used for daily stuff. OTOH, you should be root user while hacking, installing the system.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 7 days ago
i5Js, Let recap where you are, and why you have to boot a certain way (tftp, USB, SATA,...) and which kernel. And post serial boot log, too.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Debian Stretch on Sata disk in WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra - 8 days ago
i5Js, > I found why it was not working with the kernel 6, > it was the kernel config. In what way? > The sizes are perfect for the nand. @bodhi, any > tip to flash it? This is a NAS box, so you would want to update your kernel often. I always try to discourage people from storing kernel files in NAND. You dont really gain much using this approach. The exception isby bodhi - Debian
Re: Zyxel NAS 325 stuck on uboot 2017 ?? - 8 days ago
> 1) Is there on Debian anything eg like default > Zyxel's Web GUI to such devices? Not that I know off. > 2) Default root's password - 'root' can be altered > or MUST BE such ? Immediately after the 1st boot, change the root password to a strong password.by bodhi - Debian
Re: JFFS2 filesystem support for Pogoplug V3 - 9 days ago
Hi Schnee, > The problem is when I try to mount the NAND as > JFFS2 filesystem example > > mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock1 > > I get the error that it is unknown file system. I see. Yes, JFFS2 has been not configured into this kernel (a long time ago, it was in). I think I might have removed it when there was a problem with the kernel size when we were booting witby bodhi - Debian
Re: debian on synology ds214 - periphery issues - 9 days ago
Martin, Try this patch to see if both SATA drives will be brought up.by bodhi - Debian
Re: Zyxel NAS 325 stuck on uboot 2017 ?? - 9 days ago
zebe, > OK, we re home. Working )) Cool! > > Only xfce4 via VNC does not seem to cooperate and > buttons/leds/beeps would need some fine tuning... > > Btw Can you recommend any working-proven > OpenMediaVault wiki ?? > or maybe NFS/CIFS wiki to have disk shares > auto-visible upon pluggin to LAN? /Linux/PC/ You can find the answers in the Wiki threaby bodhi - Debian
Re: uboot not loading/boot/uImage for archlinux - 9 days ago
Daven McCalla, > I'm seeing a similar problem, where u-boot thinks > directories are empty that are not empty. Is this > a known issue with a known resolution? Yes. It mentioned in the rootfs release thread. Quote1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs. If you are running the latest U-Boot for Kirkwood then you can use Ext4. But be awarby bodhi - uBoot