[How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

[WarheadsSE]

The instructions on how I compiled, patches, my configs, are all present on this forum.

[mazman2010]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'T')he instructions on how I compiled, patches, my configs, are all present on this forum.

[WarheadsSE]

Precisely. There is no magic in my script, and it's fairly self-explanatory.

[WarheadsSE]

I followed the guild and was able to complete successfully. The unit booted normally and I was able to ssh into the box.
However, after I ran "pacman -Syu" and updated system. It won't boot any more. The indicator flashed about 10-15 seconds and then turned off. I was not able to ssh into it anymore. Any idea? Thanks.

Update: I restored original files on rootfs and unit is working now. It seems the problem was on "pacman -Syu" update. I would hold on updating until I got confirmation on what to do. By the way, the line to ignore updating initscripts is in the pacman.conf.

Update2: After restore the original rootfs, the unit was working. I did not do any update. Then I tried install samba. I believe the installation went through some kind of system update as well. So the unit had the same issue "Blinking for 15 seconds and then turned off" after the installation.

Please help! Basically I cannot use the unit at all since I was planning to use samba and minidlna.

Thanks!

Not sure if this help:
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Mar 17 23:09:21 alarm ntpd[967]: set local clock to Sat Mar 17 23:09:21 CDT 2012 (offset 1332043742.039755s)
Mar 17 23:09:22 alarm dhcpcd[932]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
Mar 17 23:09:23 alarm kernel: [ 21.870000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Mar 17 23:09:26 alarm dhcpcd[932]: eth0: sending IPv6 Router Solicitation
Mar 17 23:09:26 alarm dhcpcd[932]: eth0: no IPv6 Routers available
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/75-probe_mtd.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/81-arch.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/95-keyboard-force-release.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:01 alarm udevd[355]: can not find '/lib/udev/rules.d/95-keymap.rules': No such file or directory
Mar 17 23:12:12 alarm init: Trying to re-exec init
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid --offset=$env{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_LAST_OFFSET}' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:70
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid --noraid' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:73
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:76
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules:11
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load sm_ftl' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-probe_mtd.rules:6
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules:11
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules:41
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules:44
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load $env{MODALIAS}' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:5
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load tifm_sd' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:6
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load tifm_ms' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load ms_block mspro_block' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:8
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load i2o_block' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:9
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load ppdev' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:10
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'firmware' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:107
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid --offset=$env{ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_LAST_OFFSET}' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:70
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid --noraid' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:73
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'blkid' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules:76
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules:11
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load sm_ftl' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-probe_mtd.rules:6
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules:11
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'usb-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules:41
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'pci-db' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules:44
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load $env{MODALIAS}' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:5
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load tifm_sd' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:6
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load tifm_ms' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:7
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load ms_block mspro_block' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:8
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load i2o_block' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:9
Mar 17 23:13:02 alarm udevd[355]: IMPORT{builtin}: 'kmod load ppdev' unknown /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules:10
Dec 31 18:00:44 alarm udevd[355]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Dec 31 18:00:44 alarm udevd[355]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Dec 31 18:00:44 alarm udevd[355]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
Dec 31 18:00:44 alarm udevd[355]: unable to receive ctrl connection: Function not implemented
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[WarheadsSE]

Sounds like you need to make sure you get an updated rootfs tarball.

Also, to fix the udev problem (massively documented in this forum) `pacman -Sy udev-oxnas`

Look at the /etc/pacman.conf from the latest tarball to prevent it from upgrading initscripts.

[ldi9999]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'S')ounds like you need to make sure you get an updated rootfs tarball.

Also, to fix the udev problem (massively documented in this forum) `pacman -Sy udev-oxnas`
Do I run it after system update?


Look at the /etc/pacman.conf from the latest tarball to prevent it from upgrading initscripts.

[WarheadsSE]

Actually, I would do that first, and it should already be present in the oxnas tarball of late.

[ldi9999]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'A')ctually, I would do that first, and it should already be present in the oxnas tarball of late.

[ldi9999]

Update:
"pacman -Sy udev-oxnas" did the trick. It's working now after updates.
Thank you WarheadsSE!

Bad news is, I tried to copy about 300GB of my videos from another HD to the one attached to Pogoplug last night. I think copy was completed but the hard drive is making a very loud noise even without read/write activities. I guess the hard drive is having problem now. This definitely has nothing to do with the software though. Well, I guess I need to contact the manufacturer for warranty.

One more question. Is there a way to spin down the HD after certain time without using?

[WarheadsSE]

look into hdparm