GoFlex Home is rather unwell

[BrianM]

Hi,
My Archlinux ARM install on GoFlex Home stopped working some while ago and I'm now girding my loins to fix it, having taken off its drive contents as a precaution.
I was intendning getting it back to "shipping" condition, but the process described at the Seagate we page didn't work. (The USB drive was activated, but the process didn't complete.)
I attempted to Netconsole listen in to the U-Boot, but although I can ping the 10.10.10.6 NIC, I see nothing on the 10.10.10.4/5 addresses.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'brian@brian-Virtual-Machine:~$ nc -luk 10.10.10.4 6666
^C
brian@brian-Virtual-Machine:~$ sudo nc -luk 10.10.10.5 6666
[sudo] password for brian:
^Cbrian@brian-Virtual-Machine:~$ ping 10.10.10.6
PING 10.10.10.6 (10.10.10.6) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.10.10.6: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.6: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.6: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms
^C
--- 10.10.10.6 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.031/0.044/0.065/0.016 ms
brian@brian-Virtual-Machine:~$
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Any ideas please?
Thanks
Brian

[moonman]

VM are tricky. You need to set virtual adapter in promiscuous mode. If it is still not working, best way is to boot a Live CD and go from there.

[BrianM]

OK, may just boot up a real machine. I've got a 14.04 build disk - will report back, thanks.

[BrianM]

OK, have booted up a real Linux box, and get the following when monitoring the Boot:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nc -lu 10.10.10.4 6666
[ 96.929315] systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-sdb1.device.
[ 96.959300] systemd[1]: Dependency failed for /MediaStore.
[ 96.989295] systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Local File Systems.
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Don't really understand...

[BrianM]

And from the U-boot monitor
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nc -lu 10.10.10.5 6666
2869588 bytes read
Loading file "/uInitrd" from ide device 0:1 (hda1)
** File not found /uInitrd
Loading file "/boot/uInitrd" from ide device 0:1 (hda1)
** File not found /boot/uInitrd
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00680000 ...
Image Name: Linux-3.1.10-18-ARCH
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2869524 Bytes = 2.7 MiB
Load Address: 00008000
Entry Point: 00008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...
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[WarheadsSE]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BrianM', '
') Image Name: Linux-3.1.10-18-ARCH

[BrianM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Image Name: Linux-3.1.10-18-ARCH')

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ell that there might be a bit of an issue.

[WarheadsSE]

You will likely need to get an update kernel onto that boot disk.

[moonman]

http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/arm/core ... pkg.tar.xz

Extract uImage to the first partition. Then when it boots up reinstall the whole thing to get the modules installed.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Sy linux-kirkwood')

Also how old is that uBoot installation? If you have old uBit 0.6 it will NOT boot kernels past 3.2.0