Bricked my Seagate FreAgent GoFlex Home

[ifdwolf]

Hi All,

Any help would be awesome, I was trying to install archlinux on my Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex home and i think i may have bricked it. I followed these instructions exactly(http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... oflex-home) but after rebooting i just get a blinking amber light on the eth and a blinking green on the front. The device dosent lease an ip and i dont know how to access it any other way. I tried to reflash it to factory default but that dosent work either(http://support.goflexhome.hipserv.com/e ... index.html). Can anyone assist?

Thank You

[tomcheng76]

Try the NetConsole method on the Installnation guide's Advanced Tab

You need to have a linux pc so that you can install netcat.

[driksson]

Hi!

What happened to me was that i removed some serious files on my usb stick which i was using as boot.
and the reset button does not work to reinstate the seagate software onto the goflex.
Here's what i did, to at least be able to login to ssh again.. (after that you can follow any other guide)...

take a usb stick
install vmware with ubutu on your pc
make sure usb stick is found in ubuntu
fdisk /dev/sdb1 (if that is where your usb stick gets found)
Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
Now type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, and then press ENTER, to accept the default value for the beginning of the partition and +20G for the next prompt.
Create a partition for the remainder of the drive. Type n, then p for primary, 2 for the second partition on the drive, and then press ENTER to accept the rest of the default values.
Exit by typing w.

Create the ext3 filesystem: (create standard ext3 fs)
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1

Download and install Arch Linux ARM:
cd /tmp
mkdir alarm
mount /dev/sdb1 alarm
cd alarm
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM ... est.tar.gz .
tar -xzvf ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-latest.tar.gz
sync # Takes a while if you are using a flash drive
rm ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-latest.tar.gz

Unmount the drive:
cd ..
umount alarm

You cannot install uboot from ubuntu, so only set the partition label at this stage:
Mark the partition with the special label "rootfs":
tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sdb1

Now it started up fine for me and got an ipaddress from my router.. root root was login and password in ssh..