Please Help me with my 5Big Network 2

[vmsosa]

Hi, received warm greetings from Mexico, as well as my request for help to get back to life my 5Big Network 2 LaCie NAS 10 TB, when I bought came from the factory with 5 Disc Samsung HD204UI, which unfortunately were stolen from me, leaving my NAS useless because I can not access it in any way, or via LAN or via USB.

So I would ask for help in order to load the new disk firmware are also 2TB Samsung HD204UI. could show me a tutorial step by step.

Thanks for your time

[fvdw]

I am now at work this evening I will post what you need

[fvdw]

well here it is

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
choose kernel ...-164-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

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

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

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

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

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

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-64 -j -m 1 /dev/sda7
mke2fs-64 -j -m 1 /dev/sda8
mke2fs-64 -j -m 1 /dev/sda9

Format partition 2 in xfs you need program mks.xfs to do this, upload it via tftp
Give in tenlet client on linux command prompt the commands

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tftp -l /sbin/mkfs.xfs -r mkfs.xfs -g pc-ip

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

Make it executable:

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chmode 755 /sbin/mkfs.xfs

format partiton 2;

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mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2


7.
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.tar.gz -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.tar.gz -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 sda6-5big2.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

done

reboot your 5big2 by enetering in the telnet client

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reboot -f

It should come up now with the (crap) lacie firmware

I will send you the necessary files by pm

[vmsosa]

Hi fvdw, thanks for reply, and now waiting for you online.

and anew thanks

[fvdw]

I just have sent you the files by pm

ps there is an issue with the ip address you use is not from a standard IP provider
That classifies you as suspected member and I need to approve each post you make
Often spammers use this kind of techniques, sorry for this but we had to take some measure to prevent that we have to delete every day 20 stupid spammers.
need to llok if i can get you out of that classification.

[vmsosa]

i see your PM fvdw, I will try to put my NAS running again and I'll tell you how I was, Thanks so much

[vmsosa]

hello again FvdW I mention in step 6 of your guide in this section:

Format partition 2 in xfs you need program mks.xfs to do this, upload it via tftp
Give in tenlet client on linux command prompt the commands

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tftp -l /sbin/mkfs.xfs -r mkfs.xfs -g pc-ip

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

Make it executable:

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chmode 755 /sbin/mkfs.xfs

format partiton 2;

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mkfs.xfs /dev/sda2


mkfs.xfs file which has already been transferred to sbin by tftpd, before giving permission

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chmode 755 /sbin/mkfs.xfs

I have not mentioned the required permissions, but after giving the permissions mentioned that there is certainly no chmode command so use the chmod command

As I was unable to format the partition 2 in XFS, I decided to skip that step, hoping to start the NAS could format, complete all other steps without any problems and reboot

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reboot -f

the NAS restarts but stays with the front LED pardadeando in blue and you can not see or via LAN or USB.

Sorry for the inconvenience you could reach me when I am failing or if the lack of format the partition 2 is required to run the NAS.


thanks

[Jocko]

Hi vmsosa,

Now, you should have standard permissions .

And the right command is 'chmod' instead of chmode

[fvdw]

pardadeando

what does this word mean ?

It could be that the Lacie firmware needs a line on first sector of the disk. The Lacie firmware looks at that sector to determine if it is a first boot or new install.
I forgot about that
I have that info as well and will post it at the end of the afternoon when being at home

[Jocko]

Fvdw,

I assume that vmsosa wants to say pardadeo <=> blinking