[How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby ldi9999 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:31 pm

How to do it? I suppose to use uImage.nopci, since my pogoplug is b01 version. Thanks!\\

Edit. I think I got what you mean. Copy these two files from /boot in rootfs to replace the ones in the xnas folder first and then start from scratch. Am I right? Is there any simpler approach, considering I've all the steps already?
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby karog » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:42 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', 'H')ow to do it? I suppose to use uImage.nopci, since my pogoplug is b01 version. Thanks!\\

Edit. I think I got what you mean. Copy these two files from /boot in rootfs to replace the ones in the xnas folder first and then start from scratch. Am I right?

Yes, use uImage.nopci. I misread your prior message where you stated you deleted uImage.pci and renamed uImage.nopcii to uImage.pci. That was a bad idea. You labeled a nopci uImage to pci when it is not. That gets very confusing. I had thought you meant that you changed the name in the disk_create script to the one you wanted which is what you should have done.

Yes, you can copy the uImage files from rootfs/boot to where the disk_create script expects them overwriting the old ones. And change the disk_create script to use uImage.nopci.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby jmandawg » Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:25 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', ' ') Is there any simpler approach, considering I've all the steps already?



If you do what i said in my previous post, you can save yourself quite a few steps.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby ldi9999 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:43 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('karog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', 'H')ow to do it? I suppose to use uImage.nopci, since my pogoplug is b01 version. Thanks!\\

Edit. I think I got what you mean. Copy these two files from /boot in rootfs to replace the ones in the xnas folder first and then start from scratch. Am I right?

Yes, use uImage.nopci. I misread your prior message where you stated you deleted uImage.pci and renamed uImage.nopcii to uImage.pci. That was a bad idea. You labeled a nopci uImage to pci when it is not. That gets very confusing. I had thought you meant that you changed the name in the disk_create script to the one you wanted which is what you should have done.

Yes, you can copy the uImage files from rootfs/boot to where the disk_create script expects them overwriting the old ones. And change the disk_create script to use uImage.nopci.


I think the scripts uses uImage symlink, which is linked to uImage.pci by default. Should I change the scripts or symlink?
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby ldi9999 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:48 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jmandawg', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', ' ') Is there any simpler approach, considering I've all the steps already?



If you do what i said in my previous post, you can save yourself quite a few steps.


It seems to me your command copies uImage.nopci directly into dev/sda1. I think the my current uImage on the disk is already uImage.nopci, althrough I renamed it as uImage.pci when I did the process. I'll try to get the new version of uImage.nopci from rootfs and use your command to overwrite the old one and see if it helps.

The weird thing is I followed exact same steps before and it always worked. There must be something changed now.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby karog » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:59 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', 'T')he weird thing is I followed exact same steps before and it always worked. There must be something changed now.

Yes, uImage and the rootfs both changed a few weeks ago. They go together so if you are using the new rootfs, you MUST use the associated new uImage.nopci or uImage.pci. And that means copying the correct new uImage which is what everyone has been telling you.

Not every change to rootfs requires a new uImage. But the recent changes DO require that this time.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby ldi9999 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:04 pm

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('karog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ldi9999', 'T')he weird thing is I followed exact same steps before and it always worked. There must be something changed now.

Yes, uImage and the rootfs both changed a few weeks ago. They go together so if you are using the new rootfs, you MUST use the associated new uImage.nopci or uImage.pci. And that means copying the correct new uImage which is what everyone has been telling you.

Not every change to rootfs requires a new uImage. But the recent changes DO require that this time.


Thanks. I'll give it a try tonight. It would be appreciated if WarheadSE could update the tarball download with new version of uImage.*. That way, no one would not have the same issue again. I may overlooked, but I did not see such info on the first page.
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby ldi9999 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:09 pm

Update:
- Used dd command to transfer new version uImage.nopci to sda1. Not working.
- Copied uImage.* from rootfs to tarball folder, modified disk_create script to use uImage.nopci and started from scratch. It finally worked!

Thanks everyone for your help!
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby awdemuth » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:54 pm

I've managed to corrupt my NAND on my Pogoplug Series 4. I can't find a How-To in that forum. Can I use this method for it, and can I just boot from the built in SATA port on top of it? Which symlink would I use?
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Re: [How-To] Boot Entirely from SATA

Postby WarheadsSE » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:49 pm

The series 4 is not an oxnas based chip, this will NOT work for it.

You could try cracking it and attaching serial, see if you can fix it that way.
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