GoFlex Home 1 TB

[Vortell]

I am trying to get arch linux to use samba,minidnla(or better dnla if available),Netatalk,ftp,webmin and anything else that might be good for a media streaming nas. I am used to bsd but have been out of the game for a bit. Now the problem i am having is all these set up guides don't account for how to access second partition and how to share it with the rest of my network. I mean i can't even figure out how to access the second partition on the drive. There is no volumes folder like in bsd :S though in the partitioning tool it lists both partitions and I have webmin up and running. FTP access works to alarm partition. Samba shows alarm but will not allow me to login to it. I just can't find anything on my device what the names would be and how the installs change. So if anyone has a good solid guide on how to set up a goflex to work like stock one using arch I would love it. I wish pacman worked as well as fink. I would love a remote/web gui for dnla/samba/netatalk as well. Oh i installed emacs as well as i found it to be the best editor when I was programing in redhat/bsd. you get the point i am looking for direct guides for my device.

[WarheadsSE]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_rosetta

And I would suggest MOUTING the partition.. and then sharing the folder of that mount point.

[Vortell]

So i only have issues with samba and netatalk... ftp and minidlna is working...

[Vortell]

So i decided to go back to stock firmware as i could not get samba to work, the thing is i didnt realise you needed to download firmware tools for the flash back to work.

So now I stand with stock goflex that i used to format the harddrive in the new one i tried to install arch into. I think i need to do a netcolsole recovery but I am not sure what the step by step directions are. I have both the ability to use a switch or a crossover cable. Not sure if i need both or if I can just try to do it off of a switch without crossover. Then what the step by step process is to to load a new boot loader. How do i interrupt the boot process, and force to boot off usb or do i even need to boot off usb? How should I make a usb jump for boot off my mac without windows or linux.

Is there a way to boot to copy boot files back onto the other harddrive if i reformat it to ext3 or 4?

This is seriously the hardest place to find linux build info i have ever used. I have helped put a custer together with 6 computers using redhat before it was comercial and that was easier to figure out then this. I am comfortable writing and building my own programs as well and compiling them with gcc. I just have never used netcolsole and am not sure how to removed eth addr aliases after and if it will mess up my internet connection on my laptop. Only linux/bsd install i have failed on before this was x11 onto a power pc 8100 (110 mhz)with nebus(try finding drivers for that!).

Any step by step process someone could put in the forum for me would make me forever greatful.

[WarheadsSE]

The stock software is not on the HDD at all.