[Solved] Bricked GoFlex Home? No ssh.

[klitterbandje]

Hey,

I'm think I just bricked my goflex home. I had archlinux running, but somehow i cant reach it anymore. No SSH access and it doesnt seem to get an ip adress. cant find it in my network anymore.

i cant boot from usb, because i didnt enable it in uboot.

is it possible to write the goflex recovery files to the hdd itself instead of an usb drive (if i connect the hdd to my pc) and recover/reset? or any other way to unbrick it.
nothing to see in netconsole on my ubuntu pc.

:(

please help

[moonman]

Yes, take your hdd out of the enclosure and connect to your PC. Follow official reinstall guide or the one in my signature.

After that I would suggest updating your U-Boot and installing rescue system

[klitterbandje]

I'll will try it this weekend!

Thank you!

[klitterbandje]

I managed to open my GoFlex Home.
I connected the disk to my Windows 10 PC.

I see 3 partitions: 20GB (arch linux?), 4GB (swap?), and the last one is 900+GB.
I wanna reflash the original Seagate software (if possible), but where do I store the firmware files?

Can I just make one ext3 partition, drop 'em there, plug it into the goflex and reset (and reformat the disk afterward this is complete) ?

Thanks in advance

[moonman]

Original software is stored in nand, not on the drive. There are a couple of threads on the forum.
You won't be able to do much from windows. You need linux to write to filesystem on the drive

[klitterbandje]

The official way to restore is to drop the files on an usb stick.
I can't boot USB from uboot but still want to restore the nand to the original firmware.

I also have ubuntu & debian running.

[klitterbandje]

I'll first try to reinstall alarm.
Can I just unpack the latest kirkwood to the first ext3 partition?

I see all the files from the (corrupted) system on my disk.

[moonman]

Yes, that's what the guide says. You have to do it as root though, not sudo.

[klitterbandje]

I tried it.

When I use sync, nothing happens.
Plugged the disk back into the goflex, but the green light keeps flashing.

[klitterbandje]

Just a note:
I used media/it. The partition is labeled rootfs, but media/rootfs doesn't work. I see the label, but it's mounted on media/it.

Does it make a difference?

Thanks