Goflex Net installation instructions need updating

[moonman]

Unless you can go and exchange for another device you can not start over, you need to recover this device. Not sure why it isn't working. Try a different live cd. 10.4 is over 3 years old. I personally like kde, so maybe try a recent kubuntu.

[irobot]

Ok. I will try with live CD. And report back. I did make a backup of my flash drive before I attempted to fix the usb cold boot issue which ended with GFN stuck in ubit prompt.

Do you think reverting to previous state will work.

[irobot]

Ok, I tried it with kubuntu live CD and had the same result. nc -lu 10.10.10.5 6666 will not respond to key press to stop auto boot.

I have a image back up of my flash drive before the the whole mess stared.. ie when it was booting without SATA drive. If I use that image on a flash drive will GFN work or the steps I took on resolving usb/sata boot issue has altered internal memory?

not sure what my options are at this point.

[moonman]

The U-Boot is in internal nand so it doesn't matter what flash drives you try. Did you try pressing multiple different keys in the time interval given. Sometimes one key press is not enough. Also have you tried connecting the two devices directly to each other with a crossover cable. Restart your switch/router if you are connected through one to clear what it learned about computers/routes.

If all this fails you will need a ttl serial adapter and an oldschool cd-rom audio cable (or soldering, or whatever works for you) to connect the adapter to the board.

[irobot]

Hmm.. so, i think the issue is that it is stuck in ram drive.. right. it is trying to start kernel but that is not going anywhere.

If I remove the ramdrive (uInitrd), network does not load because it gets stuck on kernel start. Is there a way I can reinstall kernel via uBit prompt?

ie uBoot is fine, but kernel is the issue.

Yes I pressed different keys and key combinations during the 3 second count down but it does not stop boot process.
I will need some guidance on cross over cable hookup.

Update:
ok.. so desperately.. I tried the following (already fubar'd .. so why the hell not).
went back to the installation guide for GFN..and took the following steps again and rebooted.:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'chain_install goflexnet
chain_revert
uboot_uptodate
You need to set your MAC address to the value you noted earlier
ethaddr uu:vv:ww:xx:yy:zz
Install the rescue system
on /dev/sda1 ubit_write
Mark the partition with the special label "rootfs":
tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sda1')

now I am consistently booting with the original mac address. I can ssh into it.. but root now has stxadmin as password.
and its a bash prompt:
-bash-3.2#

But I have lost my netconsole.. as nc -lu 10.10.10.5 6666 doesn't show anything when GFN is booting.

So.. am I any better off? if so.. what is my next move?

[moonman]

What does uname -a say? If it's 3.1.10 arch kernel you are in archlinux. I would say follow my guide of updating uboot, and use uInitrd that i provided instead this time. (Don't use mltike's solution)

[irobot]

this is what I see:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '-bash-3.2# uname -a
Linux Pogoplug 2.6.22.18 #81 Tue Oct 19 16:05:00 PDT 2010 armv5tejl unknown
-bash-3.2# ')

are you talking about this guide to use:
http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3355
if yes, so I should start at this:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'cd /tmp
wget http://projects.doozan.com/uboot/install_uboot_mtd0.sh
chmod +x install_uboot_mtd0.sh
./install_uboot_mtd0.sh --no-uboot-chec')k
then without rebooting do:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')et: "/usr/sbin/fw_setenv arcNumber 3089"

[irobot]

Update: so I followed the steps I listed in my previous post. now GNF is not letting me connect via SSH, says connection refused.

I see the following for nc -lu 10.10.10.4 6666:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[ 19.494102] console [netcon0] enabled
[ 19.497827] netconsole: network logging started
[ 19.502465] drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
[ 19.509562] Freeing init memory: 172K
[ 19.561641] systemd-udevd[49]: starting version 195
[ 20.407748] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 20.412421] WARNING: at block/genhd.c:1568 disk_clear_events+0x100/0x15c()
[ 20.419334] Modules linked in:
[ 20.422434] [<c000d290>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe0) from [<c001e190>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64)
[ 20.431884] [<c001e190>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c001e1c0>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1c)
[ 20.441598] [<c001e1c0>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x1c) from [<c0204dd4>] (disk_clear_events+0x100/0x15c)
[ 20.451228] [<c0204dd4>] (disk_clear_events+0x100/0x15c) from [<c00f47c0>] (check_disk_change+0x18/0x48)
[ 20.460764] [<c00f47c0>] (check_disk_change+0x18/0x48) from [<c027e554>] (sd_open+0x78/0x144)
[ 20.469347] [<c027e554>] (sd_open+0x78/0x144) from [<c00f58bc>] (__blkdev_get+0x27c/0x380)
[ 20.477662] [<c00f58bc>] (__blkdev_get+0x27c/0x380) from [<c00f5b50>] (blkdev_get+0x190/0x340)
[ 20.486331] [<c00f5b50>] (blkdev_get+0x190/0x340) from [<c00c3bb8>] (__dentry_open+0x268/0x3a0)
[ 20.495087] [<c00c3bb8>] (__dentry_open+0x268/0x3a0) from [<c00c4b88>] (nameidata_to_filp+0x50/0x5c)
[ 20.504280] [<c00c4b88>] (nameidata_to_filp+0x50/0x5c) from [<c00d2ce0>] (do_last.isra.18+0x5b8/0x758)
[ 20.513642] [<c00d2ce0>] (do_last.isra.18+0x5b8/0x758) from [<c00d2f60>] (path_openat+0xb8/0x388)
[ 20.522570] [<c00d2f60>] (path_openat+0xb8/0x388) from [<c00d3324>] (do_filp_open+0x2c/0x78)
[ 20.531056] [<c00d3324>] (do_filp_open+0x2c/0x78) from [<c00c4c70>] (do_sys_open+0xdc/0x174)
[ 20.539549] [<c00c4c70>] (do_sys_open+0xdc/0x174) from [<c0008b40>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x2c)
[ 20.548295] ---[ end trace 4dc7141ea74d9fd9 ]---
[ 20.553370] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
[ 20.830062] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 21.427287] systemd[1]: systemd 204 running in system mode. (+PAM -LIBWRAP -AUDIT -SELINUX -IMA -SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ)
[ 21.513772] systemd[1]: Inserted module 'autofs4'
[ 21.566529] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 21.574819] systemd[1]: Inserted module 'ipv6'
[ 21.581137] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <alarm>.
[ 21.768570] systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
[ 21.791470] systemd[1]: Expecting device dev-ttyS0.device...
[ 21.817260] systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ 21.825344] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ 21.833103] systemd[1]: Starting Remote File Systems.
[ 21.857230] systemd[1]: Reached target Remote File Systems.
[ 21.862932] systemd[1]: Expecting device sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device...
[ 21.887240] systemd[1]: Starting LVM2 metadata daemon socket.
[ 21.917226] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket.
[ 21.923446] systemd[1]: Starting /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ 21.947224] systemd[1]: Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[ 21.954313] systemd[1]: Starting Delayed Shutdown Socket.
[ 21.977223] systemd[1]: Listening on Delayed Shutdown Socket.
[ 21.983088] systemd[1]: Starting Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[ 22.007222] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs.
[ 22.014024] systemd[1]: Starting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[ 22.047233] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point.
[ 22.056807] systemd[1]: Starting Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[ 22.065141] systemd[1]: Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch.
[ 22.073214] systemd[1]: Starting Paths.
[ 22.097231] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
[ 22.102027] systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Socket.
[ 22.127230] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[ 22.132945] systemd[1]: Starting udev Control Socket.
[ 22.157230] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[ 22.162770] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Socket.
[ 22.187229] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket.
[ 22.192608] systemd[1]: Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
[ 22.258287] systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
[ 22.328161] systemd[1]: Starting Create static device nodes in /dev...
[ 22.397989] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
[ 22.471390] systemd[1]: Started Load Kernel Modules.
[ 22.476586] systemd[1]: Mounted Configuration File System.
[ 22.485683] systemd[1]: Mounting Debug File System...
[ 22.547558] systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
[ 22.562852] systemd[1]: Started Set Up Additional Binary Formats.
[ 22.574774] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service...
[ 22.657353] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[ 22.662224] systemd[1]: Starting Encrypted Volumes.
[ 22.687383] systemd[1]: Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
[ 22.693005] systemd[1]: Mounted Huge Pages File System.
[ 22.749586] systemd[1]: Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
[ 22.818432] systemd[1]: Starting Swap.
[ 22.828711] systemd[1]: Reached target Swap.
[ 22.833784] systemd[1]: Started File System Check on Root Device.
[ 22.840507] systemd[1]: Mounting Temporary Directory...
[ 22.917524] systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
[ 23.107298] systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console.
[ 23.167246] systemd[1]: Started Create static device nodes in /dev.
[ 23.197240] systemd[1]: Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
[ 23.217286] systemd[1]: Mounted Debug File System.
[ 23.277241] systemd[1]: Started Apply Kernel Variables.
[ 23.297291] systemd[1]: Mounted Temporary Directory.
[ 23.357243] systemd[1]: Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[ 23.417240] systemd[1]: Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
[ 23.422967] systemd[1]: Starting Load Random Seed...
[ 23.488684] systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
[ 23.540050] systemd[1]: systemd-random-seed-load.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
[ 23.571372] systemd-udevd[121]: starting version 204
[ 23.637314] systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Random Seed.
[ 23.642930] systemd[1]: Unit systemd-random-seed-load.service entered failed state.
[ 23.697394] systemd[1]: Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
[ 23.703246] systemd[1]: Starting Local File Systems (Pre).
[ 23.737390] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
[ 23.743589] systemd[1]: Starting Local File Systems.
[ 23.777371] systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems.
[ 23.787948] systemd[1]: Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
[ 23.868022] systemd[1]: Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ 31.717126] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

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So.. if anyone knows what is the problem here, please do tell me how to resolve it. Not sure what the next step is.

thanks.

[irobot]

Is there anyone on this forum who can help this newbie?

Ok little bit more progress on netconsole. I was able to stop the uBoot process and got the goflexnet> prompt.
typed 'help" and saw 'printenv' command listed. here's the out put of printenv:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
U-Boot 2011.12 (Apr 18 2012 - 23:08:20)
Seagate GoFlexNet
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 4.4.1
GNU ld (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) 2.19.51.20090709
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 3

0
GoFlexNet>

GoFlexNet>

GoFlexNet>

GoFlexNet>

GoFlexNet> help
help
? - alias for 'help'
base - print or set address offset
bdinfo - print Board Info structure
boot - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
bootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
bootm - boot application image from memory
bootp - boot image via network using BOOTP/TFTP protocol
chpart - change active partition
cmp - memory compare
coninfo - print console devices and information
cp - memory copy
crc32 - checksum calculation
dhcp - boot image via network using DHCP/TFTP protocol
diskboot- boot from IDE device
echo - echo args to console
editenv - edit environment variable
env - environment handling commands
exit - exit script
ext2load- load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem
ext2ls - list files in a directory (default /)
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
fatinfo - print information about filesystem
fatload - load binary file from a dos filesystem
fatls - list files in a directory (default /)
fsinfo - print information about filesystems
fsload - load binary file from a filesystem image
go - start application at address 'addr'
help - print command description/usage
ide - IDE sub-system
iminfo - print header information for application image
imxtract- extract a part of a multi-image
itest - return true/false on integer compare
loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
loads - load S-Record file over serial line
loady - load binary file over serial line (ymodem mode)
loop - infinite loop on address range
ls - list files in a directory (default /)
md - memory display
mii - MII utility commands
mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing address)
mtdparts- define flash/nand partitions
mtest - simple RAM read/write test
mw - memory write (fill)
nand - NAND sub-system
nboot - boot from NAND device
nfs - boot image via network using NFS protocol
nm - memory modify (constant address)
ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
printenv- print environment variables
reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
run - run commands in an environment variable
saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
setenv - set environment variables
showvar - print local hushshell variables
sleep - delay execution for some time
source - run script from memory
test - minimal test like /bin/sh
tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
true - do nothing, successfully
ubi - ubi commands
ubifsload- load file from an UBIFS filesystem
ubifsls - list files in a directory
ubifsmount- mount UBIFS volume
ubifsumount- unmount UBIFS volume
usb - USB sub-system
usbboot - boot from USB device
version - print monitor, compiler and linker version
GoFlexNet> printenv
printenv
arcNumber=3089
baudrate=115200
bootcmd=run sata_bootcmd; usb start; run force_rescue_bootcmd; run ubifs_bootcmd; run usb_bootcmd; usb stop; run rescue_bootcmd; run pogo_bootcmd; reset
bootdelay=3
console=ttyS0,115200
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=00:10:75:26:12:A1
force_rescue=0
force_rescue_bootcmd=if test $force_rescue -eq 1 || ext2load usb 0:1 0x1700000 /rescueme 1 || fatload usb 0:1 0x1700000 /rescueme.txt 1; then run rescue_bootcmd; fi
ipaddr=10.10.10.6
led_error=orange blinking
led_exit=green off
led_init=green blinking
mainlineLinux=yes
mtdids=nand0=orion_nand
mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)
nc_start=setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc; setenv stderr nc; version
nc_test=ping $ncip
ncip=10.10.10.5
ncipk=10.10.10.4
partition=nand0,2
pogo_bootcmd=if fsload uboot-original-mtd0.kwb; then go 0x800200; fi
preboot=run nc_test nc_start
rescue_bootcmd=if test $rescue_installed -eq 1; then run rescue_set_bootargs; nand read.e 0x800000 0x100000 0x400000; bootm 0x800000; else run pogo_bootcmd; fi
rescue_installed=0
rescue_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs ro rootfstype=ubifs $mtdparts $rescue_custom_params
sata_boot=ide reset; mw 0x800000 0 1; ext2load ide $sata_device 0x800000\
/boot/uImage; if ext2load ide $sata_device 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000; else bootm 0x800000; fi
sata_bootcmd=run sata_set_bootargs; run sata_boot
sata_device=0:1
sata_root=/dev/sda1
sata_rootdelay=10
sata_rootfstype=ext3
sata_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console root=$sata_root\
\
/\
rootdelay=$sata_rootdelay rootfstype=$sata_rootfstype $mtdparts $sata_custom_params
serverip=10.10.10.3
stderr=nc
stdin=nc
stdout=nc
ubifs_bootcmd=run ubifs_set_bootargs; if ubi part data && ubifsmount rootfs && ubifsload 0x800000 /boot/uImage && ubifsload 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000; fi
ubifs_mtd=3
ubifs_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console ubi.mtd=$ubifs_mtd root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs $mtdparts $ubifs_custom_params
usb_boot=mw 0x800000 0 1; ext2load usb $usb_device 0x800000 /boot/uImage; if ext2load usb $usb_device 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000; else bootm 0x800000; fi
usb_bootcmd=run usb_init; run usb_set_bootargs; run usb_boot
usb_custom_params=ignore_loglevel netconsole=6665@10.10.10.3/eth0,6666@10.10.10.4/
usb_device=0:1
usb_init=run usb_scan
usb_root=/dev/sda1
usb_rootdelay=10
usb_rootfstype=ext2
usb_scan=usb_scan_done=0;for scan in $usb_scan_list; do run usb_scan_$scan; if test $usb_scan_done -eq 0 && ext2load usb $usb 0x800000 /boot/uImage 1; then usb_scan_done=1; echo "Found bootable drive on usb $usb"; setenv usb_device $usb; setenv usb_root /dev/$dev; fi; done
usb_scan_1=usb=0:1 dev=sda1
usb_scan_2=usb=1:1 dev=sdb1
usb_scan_3=usb=2:1 dev=sdc1
usb_scan_4=usb=3:1 dev=sdd1
usb_scan_list=1 2 3 4
usb_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=$console root=/dev/disk/by-label/urootfs rootdelay=$usb_rootdelay rootfstype=$usb_rootfstype $mtdparts $usb_custom_params

Environment size: 3146/131068 bytes
GoFlexNet>
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I am using a 4GB usb flash drive, it is ext3 partitioned and labled 'urootfs'

my problem is that boot process stops somewhere after DHCP ip is assinged. I can't ssh into GFN.

Appreciate your help.

[moonman]

Sorry, I had no time to come back here. I see you've got a kernel warning. Check your stick for errors with e2fsck on another linux box. Otherwise good progress- you have new u-boot and you now do have kernel netconsole so we can debug further.