Please Help me with my 5Big Network 2

[fvdw]

you could also try this method http://www.manualslib.com/manual/449778 ... ml?page=58

[macdalor]

Thx FVDW, I've got the 5bignetwork2_2.2.12.2.capsule so I'll give that a try again tomorrow and let you guys know.

ps: can't wait to get rid of this box... :hammerhead

[fvdw]

Please send Jocko a pm he might be interested to buy it

[macdalor]

Please send Jocko a pm he might be interested to buy it

tried to send a PM but for some reason it stays in my outbox...

Jocko, get in touch if you're interested :P

[macdalor]

By the way, tried again without results...see print screens for details...The strangest is that it's still not using all drives as a whole in raid, any raid (0, 5 etc...)

[macdalor]

as I said, very strange behaviour with the RAID / Drives (5x 1TB)...

Maybe I should just reinstall the FVDW firmware after all as this doesn't seem to work...

[macdalor]

Maybe I am missing something given there are bits of correction in various parts of this thread so here is my understanding of the complete process and in order to 1) make sure everything is compiled into one place and 2) help anyone else who might need this, I recompiled all info in here; however, after trying reinstalling my 5BigN2, no errors during the process but the NAS keeps on blinking blue after restart...

Can someone please valid the process and tell us what's missing or wrong so that this can be clear for everyone?

Thank you for your help!

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1.
Install fvdw-sl console (version 5.1) on your pc running windows

2.
Switch off 5big2 be sure it is connected to the LAN (ip range of dhcp server must be (192.168.1.xxx or 192.168.0.xxx)
system disk is sda (installed in first slot of 5big2) only one disk installed

3.
Start fvdw-sl console on your windows pc and chose load standalone kernel
(currently: "UIMAGE-3142-KIRKWOOD-150-standalone") via fvdw-sl console (help see fvdw-sl help menu)

4.
Start 5big2 when the fvdw-sl console is waiting for u-boot (see help fvdw-sl console)
It will interupt the boot of the 5big2 and start uploading the kernel automatically
wait until it has uploaded the kernel and telnet client starts
Log in with tel net client after standalone kernel has started
username: root
password: giveit2me

5.
When logged in with telnet partition the disk using gdisk
to start gdisks enter in telenet client at linux command prompt
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gdisk /dev/sda


delete all partitions if they are present using d command of gdisk
check if no partition table is present by typing "p" command in gdisk
If it is empty and has no partition table create a new GPT partiton table
These are the commands needed in gdisk

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Command (? for help): n
5
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+256M
8200

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n
6
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+16M
(accept the default by pressing enter)

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n
7
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+16M
(press enter)

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n
8
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+884M
(press enter)

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n
9
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+884M
(press enter)

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n
10
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
+16M
(press enter)

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n
2
(accept the default first sector by pressing enter)
(accept the default last sector by pressing enter)
(press enter)

check if the new table is ok

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Command (? for help): p

this gives as output

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Disk /dev/sdb: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   2         4245504       976773134   463.7 GiB   8300  Linux filesystem
   5            2048          526335   256.0 MiB   8200  Linux swap
   6          526336          559103   16.0 MiB    8300  Linux filesystem
   7          559104          591871   16.0 MiB    8300  Linux filesystem
   8          591872         2402303   884.0 MiB   8300  Linux filesystem
   9         2402304         4212735   884.0 MiB   8300  Linux filesystem
  10         4212736         4245503   16.0 MiB    8300  Linux filesystem

Command (? for help):

when it looks likes this enter "w" to write the partition table to disk, answer Y on the question Do you want to proceed? (Y/N)
and then "q" to leave gdisk (without the quotes)

6.
Now we need to format a few partitions
on linux command line give commands to format partitions 7 , 8 and 9

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mke2fs-ext3 -j -m 1 /dev/sda7
mke2fs-ext3 -j -m 1 /dev/sda8
mke2fs-ext3 -j -m 1 /dev/sda9

7.
attached a zip archive that contains a minimal version of glibc and mks.xfs , unpack you will find a tar archive glibc-mini-mkfs.xfs-25feb14.tar
Upload that to the nas using the standalone kernel and tftp server of the telnet client of fvdw-sl console while running the standalone kernel

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tftp -l glibc-mini-mkfs.xfs-25feb14.tar -r glibc-mini-mkfs.xfs-25feb14.tar -g pc-ip


(replace ip-pc by actual ip addres of your pc running the tftp server of the fvdw-sl console)

After copying and unzipping below attachment files, unpack the tar archive in the top level directory (/) of the standalone kernel

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tar -xvf glibc-mini-mkfs.xfs-25feb14.tar -C /


Attachments:
glibc-mini-mkfs.xfs-25feb14.zip [1.24 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part1.rar [23.84 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part2.rar [23.84 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part3.rar [23.84 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part4.rar [23.84 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part5.rar [23.84 MiB]
5big2-lacie-firmware.part6.rar [5.99 MiB]

8.
In the telnet client again try the command

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mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2


9.
Next we write the lacie firmware and kernel to the partitions
Put the files in the tfpt subfolder of the folder where you installed the fvdw-sl console
upload files system for partition 7:

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tftp -l sda7.tgz -r 5big2-sda7.tgz -g ip-pc


(replace ip-pc by actual ip addres of your pc running the tftp server of the fvdw-sl console)
write it to partition 7:

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mkdir sda7
mount /dev/sda7 /sda7
tar -xzvf sda7.tgz -C /sda7
umount /sda7
rm sda7.tgz

similar for partition 8:

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tftp -l sda8.tgz -r 5big2-sda8.tgz -g ip-pc


(replace ip-pc by actual ip addres of your pc running the tftp server of the fvdw-sl console)

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mkdir sda8
mount /dev/sda8 /sda8
tar -xzvf sda8.tgz -C /sda8
umount /sda8
rm sda8.tgz

upload the kernel and write it to partition 6:

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tftp -l sda6.img -r 5big2-sda6.img -g ip-pc


(replace ip-pc by actual ip address of your pc running the tftp server of the fvdw-sl console)

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dd if=sda6.img of=/dev/sda6
rm sda6.img

Next, a file that you need to write to beginning of disk sda
Unpack the archive in the tftp directory of the fvdw-sl console
Load the standalone kernel and connect with telnet to the 5big2

Upload the file with this command

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tftp -l 5big2-sc1.img -r 5big2-sc1.img -g ip-pc


write it to sda using command

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dd if=5big2-sc1.img of=/dev/sda bs=1 count=16

Attachments:
File comment: file restored, previous downloads 16
5big2-sc1.zip [139 Bytes]
Downloaded 53 times

done

reboot your 5big2 by entering in the telnet client:

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reboot -f

[fvdw]

Instead of writing the file 5big2-sc1.img

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dd if=5big2-sc1.img of=/dev/sda bs=1 count=16

do this as final step

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echo "LaCieFirstBootLaCie" | dd  of=/dev/sda

[fvdw]

Please send Jocko a pm he might be interested to buy it

tried to send a PM but for some reason it stays in my outbox...

Jocko, get in touch if you're interested :P

jocko is on holiday, I think he will respond in the weekend or next week

[macdalor]

Instead of writing the file 5big2-sc1.img

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dd if=5big2-sc1.img of=/dev/sda bs=1 count=16

do this as final step

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echo "LaCieFirstBootLaCie" | dd  of=/dev/sda

With that change the NAS boots up with a steady light but is invisible from the assistant after reboot...

Any idea?

edit: the light actually went back blinking after a few minutes being steady...still unreachable...