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Re: Debian on GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

@fly, Try the factory reset again with a different flash drive. It worked for me and others after a few tries, the paper clip works great! If you read Jeff's netconsole instruction carefully, there are 2 IP adresses: serverip and ipaddr. The UBoot envs settings in your post right above need to be set on the GoFlex Home. The ipaddr is the GoFlex Home IP, the serverip is the Window/

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Recovery System ready for use - 10 years ago

UBoot installation: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,6965,8189#msg-8189 Kernel: I don't think it is in the main line yet for GoFlex Home/Net.

by bodhi - Rescue System

Re: Do you also think that we need a wiki? - 10 years ago

Robert Mugabe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A centralised repository of data relating to the > Dockstar is a necessity: to a newcomer this forum > must be daunting and a steep learning code if one > is to understand the intricacies of the Dockstar. I totally agree. I'd volunteer to contribute installation procedures for a few new boxes

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Debian on GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

Post Debian installation on GF Home: 1. Esablish netconsole: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,14,14 2. Setup rootfs label to ensure booting from correct USB or HDD drive: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,8044,8152#msg-8152

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Debian on GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

@fly, Don't worry! the info is scattered in many places. So here below is the instruction for the GF Home installation: -bodhi - Connect the GFH to your router, power on, and then log in from your PC using the web interface with URL http://myIPaddress (where myIPaddress is the assigned IP address for the GF Home). - Create a user and password (e.g. myname mypass) - SSH in

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Memory buffers - 10 years ago

Try reboot both boxes and the memory buffers will reset. The Dockstar memory buffer is larger because at one point, you must have been running different programs that require a lot more memory. They are free memory, just buffered because they was used previously. If you subtract the Dockstar buffered memory from the used memory, it'll come out approximately the same as for the GF Home.

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Need help fixing my GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

The following approach was from kraqh3d: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,5552,5576#msg-5576 Basically, the idea is to force UBoot to find the USB drive that you want it to use for booting. Note the env variable: usb_root=/dev/sda1. The Goflex Home always assigns the SATA drive sda because it was recognized first. And there is no system on sda1. The approach was to tell UBoot to find the

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Need help fixing my GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

@optim, It's been covered here thoroughly, but not together in one post. So please post your output of fw_printenv here and we'll write it up (just to make sure that your uboot envs are what expected). -bodhi

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: GoFlex Home - netconsole showing nothing, sshd seems up but not able to ssh in - bricked? - 10 years ago

Glad it works :-) I suspect that was just the USB flash drive, some are flaky. Jeff's UBoot script will not update UBoot because it is already there! I've even tried -no-uboot-check, it will simply ask if you want to reset the environment. Right now, I think the only way is to flash_erase mtd0, and then run Jeff's script immediately (i.e. if power goes down then we'll need JTA

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: GoFlex Home - netconsole showing nothing, sshd seems up but not able to ssh in - bricked? - 10 years ago

shankargopal Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks optim, but as mentioned in the original > post, I tried reflashing but it does not seem to > happen; nothing changes when I press the reset > button and power up, as the instructions say to > do. In fact, in general, the reset button has no > visible effect at any time. Shankargopal

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Need help fixing my GoFlex Home - 10 years ago

Also, in case anybody need to go back to stock. Here is the reflash procedure and link to the stock FW: http://support.goflexhome.hipserv.com/en/reflash/index.html After reflashing stock FW, login through web interface (enter the IP address http://x.x.x.x as URL on a browser), and create a new user. After that follow the instruction at Arch Linux website to login and gain root access: http:/

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 10 years ago

Hi davy, Yes I did have netconsole setup before for the dockstar and pogoplug pink E02. I forgot that the GF Home stock FW does not support that, and I thought we need to install nc on the GoFlex Home to allow its UBoot to work. But never mind :-) I will just proceed and set it up after immediately. Thanks, bodhi

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 10 years ago

@davy, I've reflashed my GoFlex Home with stock FW and fixed the problem with web interface. Successfully logged in and gained root access. I want to set up netconsole, but could not find nc in the stock OS. Did you have to download it? I would like to set up netconsole before flashing the new UBoot. @davy or anybody, where to download nc? I lost the post (I believe by Jeff) about wh

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 10 years ago

Jeff Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When you've got 'finished' versions of your uboot > images, I can host them here and let them > deprecate my binaries. That way they should just > automatically work with all the existing scripts > and instructions floating around out there. Thanks Jeff, that would be the best IMO.

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Do you also think that we need a wiki? - 10 years ago

Yay!

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 10 years ago

davygravy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ahhhahh... I think I referred to this: > http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/seagate-go > flex-home Thanks davy! that's the instruction I'm following, too. I can't just get past the part about creating a user :-) I connected to the web interface and it brought up a wizard page, and t

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Script to upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy without buggy 3.2 kernel - 10 years ago

davygravy Wrote: > > It is possible to custom-compile (using > non-defconfig settings) a kernel, but that won't > work for someone who is trying to debootstrap > Wheezy (or into a 3.2 or higher kernel). I can confirm that it's a simple change (3 parameters) in the .config file (that I've learned from some member's post in this forum) did allow me to bu

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 10 years ago

@davy, How did you gain root access? I tried to use the Web interface to register the GF Home to get a username to log in, but kept getting error about username is invalid. Thanks bodhi

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Restore MTD backup via serial - 10 years ago

I have original mtd partitions dumps for GoFlex Home and Pogoplug V4. In case somebody needs them.

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 10 years ago

gnexus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > 2) My personal annoyance with things like > "Marvell-Dockstar/Pogoplug by Jeff Doozan" or > "UBIT v0.6 by peaslaker." :-) How many times a day do you see your boot loader output?

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Windows 7 with Dockstar and Debian - 10 years ago

Indeed! if you can see your home directory then your USB drive was just probably not mounted correctly. Try to manually mount it under /media for now to see if it will be shared. Whenever you change smb.conf, restart samba is enough /etc/init.d/samba restart Also, check this thread for automounting USB drives (see the last few posts): http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,3910

by bodhi - Debian

Re: New Webserver - 10 years ago

Thanks Jeff!

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Windows 7 with Dockstar and Debian - 10 years ago

Have you tried to create a samba share that does not require username/password and access it from Win 7? something like below. If the USB drive is mounted under /media then it should be accessible from Win 7. root@debian:~# tail /etc/samba/smb.conf comment = shared localdisk path = /media browseable = yes writeable = yes guest ok = yes

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Pogoplug P24 - network won't come up - 10 years ago

Wladston Viana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, > > Thanks for all the info here guys. > > I got a POGO-P24, with works using the Arch Linux > Pogoplug Pro/Video/v3. > > So after installing alarm I've extracted Varkey's > image to a second USB Flash, changed the Mac > address, and placed on the same USB

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Latest GoFlex Home Deal- April 19, 2012 - 10 years ago

Thanks Dave, it is real! bought one and will see how it goes.

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Kernel with Full Pogoplug support (arcNumber, leds & partitions) - 10 years ago

Thanks for the tips Pazos! will try that.

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Kernel with Full Pogoplug support (arcNumber, leds & partitions) - 10 years ago

@pazos, That Arch Linux ARM patch does not compile with Debian kernel 3.x at all. The error below occurred if I enable goflex net, or goflex home. arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/goflexnet-setup.c:169:2: error: unknown field 'boot_params' specified in initializer make[2]: *** Error 1 make[1]: *** Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.2.15' bodhi

by bodhi - Debian

Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 10 years ago

lewy1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm using a flash drive (cruzer), Ext2. Thanks for > the response. Since it's Ext2, you might want to try running e2fsck for this stick on a different Linux box, just in case...

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Bounty offered: Earn a Pogoplug E02 for mainline U-Boot SATA fix on Pogoplug V4... - 10 years ago

Davygravy: "Would the solution I'm encouraging be better?" For me it is a resounding YES! I wish I had the technical skills in UBoot area to lend you a hand or take up the challenge :-) Like you said, the U-Boot from ArchLinuxArm is very good and it serves its purpose. But I wish I can use Debian 3.x.x kernel with it.

by bodhi - uBoot

Re: Kernel with Full Pogoplug support (arcNumber, leds & partitions) - 10 years ago

Thanks Pazos. I've tried that recent archlinux arm patch before and had some problem compiling (warning about some routine was missing prototype). And I only needs the pogo E02 patch because I already had applied a smaller archlinux arm patch which included all other supports for dockstar and goflex. But thanks for your response! I will try again.

by bodhi - Debian