[SOLVED]Recovering GFN from corrupted USB flash

[bzboi]

Hi folks,
It's been a while since my forays into Dockstar JTAG so pardon me if I don't recognize the faces around here. I have a GoFlex Net that was probably last used a year ago that I've been trying to get back up and running. For some reason, I'm no longer able to access the USB flash that I used before. I created a new USB flash using a live Kubuntu DVD and the latest ARMv5 image at http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM ... est.tar.gz

However, I am still unable to boot to the new flash drive, and am attaching my log below. I suspect that kernel revisions or some other software change might have evolved to a point that I might need to upgrade to a new UBIT. Unfortunately I don't have a functioning Rescue System on the GFN, so that's easier said than done. I am not opposed to restoring the GFN back to stock so I can use one of the more recent guides, but just wanted to see if there was a quick fix here.

If all else fails, I'm hoping someone can point me to the stock GFN uBoot/RFS images so I can figure out how to get it back via JTAG. TIA!

bzboi

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U-Boot 2010.09 (Feb 16 2011 - 18:42:02)
UBIT v0.6 by Jeff Doozan and Peter Carmichael

SoC: Kirkwood 88F6281_A0
DRAM: 128 MiB
NAND: 256 MiB
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: egiga0
88E1116 Initialized on egiga0
Creating 1 MTD partitions on "nand0":
0x000002500000-0x000010000000 : "mtd=3"
UBI: attaching mtd1 to ubi0
UBI: physical eraseblock size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB)
UBI: logical eraseblock size: 129024 bytes
UBI: smallest flash I/O unit: 2048
UBI: sub-page size: 512
UBI: VID header offset: 512 (aligned 512)
UBI: data offset: 2048
UBI: attached mtd1 to ubi0
UBI: MTD device name: "mtd=3"
UBI: MTD device size: 219 MiB
UBI: number of good PEBs: 1751
UBI: number of bad PEBs: 1
UBI: max. allowed volumes: 128
UBI: wear-leveling threshold: 4096
UBI: number of internal volumes: 1
UBI: number of user volumes: 0
UBI: available PEBs: 1730
UBI: total number of reserved PEBs: 21
UBI: number of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 17
UBI: max/mean erase counter: 1/1
UBIFS error (pid 0): ubifs_get_sb: cannot open "ubi:silent", error -19
Error reading superblock on volume 'ubi:silent'!
UBIFS not mounted, use ubifs mount to mount volume first!
Using egiga0 device
ping failed; host 10.10.10.5 is not alive
(Re)start USB...
USB: Register 10011 NbrPorts 1
USB EHCI 1.00
scanning bus for devices... 2 USB Device(s) found
scanning bus for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
UBIFS error (pid 0): ubifs_get_sb: cannot open "ubi:fast", error -19
Error reading superblock on volume 'ubi:fast'!
UBIFS not mounted, use ubifs mount to mount volume first!
Loading file "/boot/uImage" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 **
Loading file "/uInitrd" from usb device 0:1 (usbda1)
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...
** Bad ext2 partition or disk - usb 0:1 **
reading /boot/uImage

** Unable to read "/boot/uImage" from usb 0:1 **
reading /uInitrd

** Unable to read "/uInitrd" from usb 0:1 **
** Block device usb 1 not supported
** Block device usb 1 not supported

** Invalid boot device **

** Invalid boot device **
** Block device usb 2 not supported
** Block device usb 2 not supported

** Invalid boot device **

** Invalid boot device **
** Block device usb 3 not supported
** Block device usb 3 not supported

** Invalid boot device **

** Invalid boot device **

Reset IDE: Bus 0: not available Bus 1: not available
** Bad partition 1 **
** Bad partition 1 **
No Powersaving mode 7F
Error (no IRQ) dev 0 blk 0: status 0x7f
** Can't read from device 0 **

** Unable to use ide 0:1 for fatload **
No Powersaving mode 7F
Error (no IRQ) dev 0 blk 0: status 0x7f
** Can't read from device 0 **

** Unable to use ide 0:1 for fatload **
** Bad partition 1 **
** Bad partition 1 **
No Powersaving mode 7F
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x7f
** Can't read from device 1 **

** Unable to use ide 1:1 for fatload **
No Powersaving mode 7F
Error (no IRQ) dev 1 blk 0: status 0x7f
** Can't read from device 1 **

** Unable to use ide 1:1 for fatload **
UBIFS error (pid 0): ubifs_get_sb: cannot open "ubi:ramdisk", error -19
Error reading superblock on volume 'ubi:ramdisk'!
UBIFS not mounted, use ubifs mount to mount volume first!
Marvell>>
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[bzboi]

Actually, looking over my log, I suspect I'd used ext2 previously and the new USB flash is formatted to ext3. Hopefully that's the only issue here!

[moonman]

Your uBoot/UBIT seems fine. But it complains about your partitioning of the drive. It has always been ext3 for GoFlex AFAIK. So repartition it, reformat and try again. Follow the link in my signature if unsure. The important part is to use "sudo su" to get permissions right and label the drive rootfs if you have ubit.

[bzboi]

Redid the USB flash and it works now. What made the difference was the sudo su step. Thanks.