[Goflex Home 3TB] Newbie help

Ok think I am doing this correctly now..

Pleasee see attached screen-shot.

Step 15 is failing.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')root@ubuntu:/tmp# ./ubit_start
rmdir: failed to remove `/tmp/': Device or resource busy
rmdir: failed to remove `/tmp/': Device or resource busy
No installed UBIT ramdisk could be found.
'ubit_start' needs to be run from the directory containing the UBIT ramdisk
or on a system with a UBIT ramdisk installed either at '/boot/uInitrd' or in
echo a UBIFS partition named 'fast', 'silent' or 'ramdisk'

[moonman]

Hold on. What are you doing? Trying to reflash bootloader for goFlex in a PC running Ubuntu? Bootloader is located in NAND (internal flash) on the device itself. If the device starts flashing orangle/yellow when you power it on without any bootable device, then you are good, you already have the bootloader in place. The only thing that you need to do is get rootfs on some storage media, be it USB flash drive or your HDD. Don't use gparted as it won't make a hybrid mbr for you and hence you won't be able to boot GoFlex with that drive. Use gdisk command line utility. Or at least make a bootable flash drive so you can boot your goflexnet, then I can help you by sshing in over internet to prepare your sata drive properly.

When creating flash drive, follow every step. Don't skip things like "sudo su" or "sync". Also after you are don't creating it before you remove it, just to be sure, run this command: "tune2fs -L "rootfs" /dev/sdX1" where X is your flash drive.

[war59312]

Figures!

OK it only flashes green when turned on and then goes solid green.

[moonman]

But you can still access it over ssh, right?

Nope. No ssh access.

Can NOT even ping the darn thing.

Want to team viewer in and see what i see?

My flash drive i made when i connect it is connected at /media/rob/rootfs

Has these files:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'r')oot@RobsUbuntuServer:/media/rob/rootfs# ls -l
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 21:55 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 18:00 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 21 2011 dev
drwxr-xr-x 44 root root 4096 Feb 5 21:55 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Dec 31 01:14 lib -> usr/lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Feb 20 17:13 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 proc
drwxr-x--- 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 root
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 13 17:59 run
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 21:55 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:52 sys
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Feb 5 21:55 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 13 17:59 usr
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Jan 13 17:59 var

[moonman]

Did you but off of a flash drive? Good. You probably set static DHCP and mac address changed after you reflashed bootloader.

[war59312]

Yes, booted from the flash drive.

Indeed it changed.

So now what?

Well going to bed, will try again tomorrow.

[moonman]

Alright. PM me after

[war59312]

All right, thanks m8.

See pm.

[war59312]

moonman you rock!

Thanks to moonman I am now up and running!

Thanks again moonman!